Talk:Proto-Torres–Banks language

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A short story about *Mbwatu

I was wondering what a reconstructed story of *ᵐbʷatu would look like, so as to illustrate how the PTB language looked like and to illustrate to native speakers of descendant languages (such as Mwotlap) how different the native-language translation is to PTB and other descendants and to encourage ni-Vanuatu how their languages represent their own culture. Kwékwlos (talk) 17:09, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

PS. And how would the national anthem "Yumi, Yumi, Yumi" be like in Proto-Torres-Banks or even Proto-North-Central Vanuatu? Kwékwlos (talk) 10:30, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Womtelo Are you interested in such? Though I apologize this has been more than a year. Kwékwlos (talk) 12:55, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Proto-Torres

Can a Proto-Torres language (ancestor of Hiw and Lo-Toga) be reconstructed? Namely, is it possible to genetically prove that Hiw and Lo-Toga form their own subgroup? Would it have vowel hybridization and final vowel loss like in the modern languages? I think @Womtelo has reconstructed one, though it looks more like Proto-Torres-Banks to me. Kwékwlos (talk) 04:50, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sweet potato

The Mwotlap form is /kumaj/, are there other Torres-Banks forms (or cognates) of this word? Kwékwlos (talk) 17:30, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]