Manubaran languages
The Manubaran languages are a small family of Trans-New Guinea languages spoken around Mount Brown in the "Bird's Tail" of New Guinea. They are classified within the Southeast Papuan branch of Trans-New Guinea.Languages
The languages are Doromu and Maria, and are 63% lexically similar.Phonemes
Usher reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.Pronouns
Usher reconstructs the pronouns as:Evolution
reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea etyma are:
- ama ‘mother’ < *am
- baba ‘father’ < *mbapa
- kuyau ‘cassowary’ < *kua
- ita ‘tree’ < *inda
