Mawes language
| Mawes | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua: Sarmi Regency, Bonggo Subdistrict - Mawes Dai, Mawes Mukti, and Mawes Wres villages to the west of the Buri River |
Native speakers | 850 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgk |
| Glottolog | mawe1251 |
| ELP | Mawes |
Mawes is a Papuan language of Indonesia.
It may be related to the Kwerba languages, but Glottolog leaves it unclassified. Foley (2018) classifies Mawes as a language isolate,[2] and so does Hammarström (2010).[3]
Pronouns
Pronouns are:[2]
sg pl 1 kidam inim 2 nam nɛm 3 ɛbɛ mia
Basic vocabulary
Basic vocabulary of Mawes listed in Foley (2018):[2]
Mawes basic vocabulary gloss Mawes ‘bird’ ikinin ‘blood’ wɛrɛi ‘bone’ tuan ‘ear’ bɛr ‘eat’ nan ‘egg’ siwin ‘eye’ nonsum ‘fire’ kani ‘leg, foot’ yaʔ ‘louse’ sene ‘name’ dimanɛ ‘one’ mɛndakai ‘see’ nomo ‘sky’ kowan ‘stone’ fɛt ‘sun’ ɛsar ‘tooth’ wan ‘tree’ dengkin ‘two’ yakɛneu ‘water’ bo ‘woman’ yei
Further reading
- Wambaliau, Theresia. 2006b. Survey Report on the Mawes Language in Papua, Indonesia. (in Indonesian). Unpublished manuscript. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia.
- Hammarström, Harald. 2010a. The genetic position of the Mawes language. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Languages of Papua 2. Manokwari, Indonesia, 8–12 February 2010.
References
- ^ Mawes at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ Harald Hammarström. 2010. The Genetic Position of the Mawes Language. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Languages of Papua 2, 8-12 February 2010, Manokwari, Indonesia.