Orya–Tor languages
| Orya–Tor | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification: | Tor–Kwerba?
|
| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | toro1256 (Tor–Orya)[1] saus1247 (Sause)[2] |
The Orya–Tor languages are a family of Papuan languages spoken in Indonesia.
Classification
The Tor family is clearly established. Its closest relative appears to be Orya. The inclusion of Sause is uncertain; it is a holdover of earlier classifications, as it was not addressed by Ross due to a lack of data.
- Orya–Tor
- ? Sause
- Orya (Uria)
- Tor family: Berik, Bonerif, Dabe–Keijar–Betaf, Itik, Jofotek-Bromnya, Kwesten, Kwinsu, Mander, Maremgi (Dineor), Vitou
Stephen Wurm (1975) linked Orya and the Tor languages with the Lakes Plain languages, forming a branch of his Trans–New Guinea phylum. Clouse (1997) found no evidence of such a connection.[3] Malcolm Ross (2005) linked them instead with part of another erstwhile branch of TNG in a Tor–Kwerba proposal. Glottolog accepts only the link with Orya as having been demonstrated.[1]
A purported Wares language is sometimes reported.[4] However, no such language is attested. The Wares people are not known to have a distinct language, and the language of the village of Wares is Mawes.[5]
Pronouns
The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-Orya–Tor are,
-
I *ai exclusive we ? inclusive we *ne thou *emei you *em s/he *je they ?
References
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- ↑ Wares at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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