Inland Gulf languages
| Inland Gulf | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | inla1262[2] |
 Map: The Inland Gulf languages of New Guinea
The Inland Gulf languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
The Inland Gulf languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and Malcolm Ross (2005). The unity of the languages was established by K. Franklin in 1969. Although the family as a whole is clearly valid, Ipiko is quite distinct from the other languages.
- Inland Gulf family
- Ipiko language
- Minanibai branch: Minanibai (Foia Foia), Mubami (Tao), Hoia Hoia (Hoyahoya)
Karami was once included, but is best left unclassified for now.
Pronouns for the Minanibai branch are:
sg pl 1 *no *ni 2 *go *dau 3 ? *eti
Ipiko only reflects 1pl *ni.
References
- ↑ New Guinea World, Fly River
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Inland Gulf". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15&ndash, 66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
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