Nuclear South Bird's Head languages

The Nuclear South Bird's Head, Core South Bird's Head or East South Bird's Head languages form a small language family of western New Guinea. They either form part of a wider South Bird's Head language family, or may be an independent language family if not related to the Inanwatan and Konda–Yahadian languages.

Languages

There are six languages:

• East South Bird's Head
• Kais (Kampong Baru)
• Iwaro–Kaburi
• Kaburi (Awe–Mareno)
• Puragi (Iwaro)
• Kokoda–Arandai
• Kokoda (Tarof, Kasuweri)
• Arandai
• Kemberano (Weriagar, Barau)
• Dombano (Tomu)

Proto-language

Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:

References

External links

• Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–East South Bird's Head