Mawes language
| Mawes | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua: Sarmi Regency, Bonggo District - Mawes Dai, Mawes Mukti, and Mawes Wres villages to the west of the Buri River |
| Extinct | 2024[1] |
Northwest Papuan?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mgk |
| Glottolog | mawe1251 |
| ELP | Mawes |
Mawes is an extinct Papuan language of Indonesia.
Usher (2020) proposes that it may be related to the Kwerbic languages.[2] Foley (2018) classifies Mawes as a language isolate,[3] and so does Hammarström (2010).[4] It had 850 native speakers in 2006, but was extinct by 2024.[5]
Pronouns
[edit]Pronouns are:[3]
sg pl 1 kidam inim 2 nam nɛm 3 ɛbɛ mia
Basic vocabulary
[edit]Basic vocabulary of Mawes listed in Foley (2018):[3]
Mawes basic vocabulary gloss Mawes ‘bird’ ikinin ‘blood’ wɛrɛi ‘bone’ tuan ‘ear’ bɛr ‘eat’ nan ‘egg’ siwin ‘eye’ nonsum ‘fire’ kani ‘leg, foot’ yaʔ ‘louse’ sene ‘name’ dimanɛ ‘one’ mɛndakai ‘see’ nomo ‘sky’ kowan ‘stone’ fɛt ‘sun’ ɛsar ‘tooth’ wan ‘tree’ dengkin ‘two’ yakɛneu ‘water’ bo ‘woman’ yei
The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975),[6] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[7]
gloss Mawes head defar hair tere eye nonsom tooth wan leg ija dog wede pig was bird ikinin egg siwin blood werei bone tuan skin dukunen tree deŋkin man ke sun esar water bo fire kani stone feyt name dimane eat nano one mendakai two yakenew
Sentences
[edit]Of the few sentences that have been documented for Mawes, some example sentences are:[3]: 497–8
ɛbɛ
3SG
marsya
yesterday
nomtak
come
‘He came yesterday.’
wɛdɛ
dog
ɛbɛ
3SG
ketes
bite
‘The dog bit him.’
ke-me
man-?
totoso
money
kida-wɛn
1SG-POSS
mamɛnta
father
fɛn
DAT/ALL
tamu(k)
give
‘That man gave money to my father.’
ɛbɛ-mɛ
3sg-?
dengkin
tree
nambuak
machete
kom
INSTR
sorna
cut
‘He is cutting wood with a machete.’
ke-me
man-?
sau
village
fɛn
DAT/ALL
banak
go
‘That man went to the village.’
ke-me
man-?
sau-er
village-ABL
nom
come
‘That man came from the village.’
ke-me
man-?
yei
woman
dete
COM
banak
go
‘That man went with his wife.’
Further reading
[edit]- Wambaliau, Theresia. 2006. Survey Report on the Mawes Language in Papua, Indonesia. (in Indonesian). Unpublished manuscript. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia.
- Hammarström, Harald. 2010. The genetic position of the Mawes language. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Languages of Papua 2. Manokwari, Indonesia, 8–12 February 2010.
References
[edit]- ^ Mawes at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ New Guinea World
- ^ a b c d Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 433–568. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ Harald Hammarström. 2010. The Genetic Position of the Mawes Language. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Languages of Papua 2, 8–12 February 2010, Manokwari, Indonesia.
- ^ "11 Indigenous Languages Declared Extinct: Education Ministry". Jakarta Globe. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Voorhoeve, C.L. Languages of Irian Jaya: Checklist. Preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists. B-31, iv + 133 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. doi:10.15144/PL-B31
- ^ Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.