Mek languages

The Mek languages form three dialect chains (Heeschen 1998): • Eastern: Ketengban (including Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya), Una (Goliath), Eipomek • Northern: Kosarek Yale–Nipsan, Nalca • Western: Korupun-Sela (including Dagi, Sisibna, Deibula) ==Proto-language==

Phonemes Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant and vowel inventories as 'perhaps' as follows: : : : Pronouns Pronouns are: : The difference between the two 3pl forms is not known. 2pl and 3pl have parallels in Momuna /kun tun/. Basic vocabulary Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are: : ==Modern reflexes==

Mek reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are: Eipo language: • mun ‘belly’ < *mundun ‘internal organs’ • kuna ‘shadow’ < *k(a,o)nan • saŋ ‘dancing song’ < *saŋ • getane ‘sun’ < *kVtane Bime language: • mundo ‘belly’ < *mundun ‘internal organs’ Kosarek language: • ami ‘louse’ < *niman • si ‘tooth’ < *(s,t)i(s,t)i • tomo < *k(i,u)tuma ‘night’ Yale language: • de ‘to burn’ < *nj(a,e,i) • mon ‘belly’ < *mundun ‘internal organs’ • xau ‘ashes’ < *kambu ==Further reading==