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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. • Upper: Fembe (Agala), KonaiOdoodee (Tomu) • Central/Middle: Gobasi (Nomad), Kubo, Samo (Daba) Gobasi, Odoodee and Samo, but especially Gobasi, are also known as "Nomad". ==Pronouns==
Pronouns
Pronouns are: : ==Vocabulary comparison==
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970), Shaw (1973), and Shaw (1986), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database. The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. ulugib, ulukib, ulʌkib for “head”) or not (e.g. dob, helehai, tano for “one”). ==Evolution==
Evolution
Proposed East Strickland reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are: Samo language: • (da)subu ‘ashes’ < *sumbu • si- ‘burn’ < *nj(a,e,i)- • na- ‘eat’ < *na- • magara ‘mouth’ < *maŋgat[a] • korofu ‘skin’ < *(ŋg,k)a(n,t)apu • mere(ma) ‘tongue’ < *me(l,n)e • mini ‘nose’ < *mundu Bibo language: • (da)suf ‘ashes’ < *sumbu Agala language: • fulu(ma) ali ‘to fly’ < *pululu- ==References==
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