West Bomberai languages
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| West Bomberai | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
West New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification: | Trans–New Guinea ?
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| Glottolog: | west2604[1] |
The West Bomberai languages are a small family of Papuan languages spoken on the Bomberai Peninsula of western New Guinea. Two of the languages, Baham and Iha, are closely related to each other; the third is distant. The West Bomberai family is included as part of Ross' West Trans–New Guinea proposal.[2]
Ross reconstructs the pronouns as *na 1sg, *ka 2sg, *bi(r) 1ex, *in 1in, *ki 2pl, of which 1sg, 2sg, and 2pl correspond to proto-Trans–New Guinea.
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