East Strickland languages
The East Strickland or Strickland River languages are a family of Papuan languages.Languages
The East Strickland languages actually form a language continuum. Shaw recognizes six languages, which are:
Gobasi, Odoodee and Samo, but especially Gobasi, are also known as "Nomad".Pronouns are:Evolution
Supposed East Strickland reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea etyma are:
Samo language:
- subu ‘ashes’ < *sumbu
- si- ‘burn’ < *nj-
- na- ‘eat’ < *na-
- magara ‘mouth’ < *maŋgat
- korofu ‘skin’ < *aapu
- mere ‘tongue’ < *mee
- mini ‘nose’ < *mundu
Bibo language:
Agala language:
- fulu ali ‘to fly’ < *pululu-
