Tor-Kwerba languages

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The Tor-Kwerba languages are an independent family of Papuan languages proposed in 2005 by Malcolm Ross. All the languages had been part of Stephen Würm's Trans-New Guinea proposal, but he did not recognize them as a unit.

Classification

• Orya-Tor
• * Orya (Uria) isolate
• * Tor family: Berike, Bonerif, Dabe, Mander, Itik, Keder, Kwesten, Maremgi, Wares
• Mawes-Kwerba
• * Mawes isolate
• * Kwerba family: Airoran, Bagusa, Kwerba (Sasawa), Trimuris, Kauwera, Kwerba Mamberamo

In earlier classifications the Sause language isolate has been included with these languages, but its classification is uncertain, and was not addressed by Ross.

Pronouns

The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-Orya-Tor are,

I	*ai	exclusive we	?
		inclusive we	*ne
thou	*emei	you	*em
s/he	*je	they	?

See also

• Papuan languages

Reference

• Malcom Ross (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages." In: Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide and Jack Golson, eds, Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples, 15-66. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

 

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