Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages

The Chuukic–Pohnpeic or historically Trukic-Ponapeic languages are a family of Micronesian languages consisting of two dialect continua, Chuukic and Pohnpeic. They are the westernmost and historically most recent[1] Micronesian languages.[2]

Chuukic–Pohnpeic
Trukic–Ponapeic
Geographic
distribution
Micronesia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Subdivisions
Glottologpona1247

Composition

Unique innovations

Chuukic-Pohnpeic has several unique innovations that separates it as a subgroup from the rest of Nuclear Micronesian. Among the most prominent are historical sound changes from Proto-Micronesian.

Historical sound changes

Chuukic-Pohnpeic languages share a number of historical sounds changes from Proto-Oceanic and Proto-Micronesian. Chuukic languages and Pohnpeic languages separately share later innovations.

Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic reflexes of Proto-Oceanic consonants[3]
Proto-Oceanic *mp*mp,ŋp*p*m*m,ŋm*k*ŋk*ŋ*y*w*t*s,nj*ns,j*j*nt,nd*d,R*l*n*ɲ
Proto-Micronesian *p*pʷ*f*m*mʷ*k*x*ŋ*y*w*t*T*s*S*Z*c*r*l*n*ɲ
Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic *p*pʷ*f*m*mʷ*k*∅,r1*ŋ*y*w*t*j*t*t*c*r*l*n*ɲ

1 Before /a/.

Reconstructed vocabulary

Reconstructed Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic Vocabulary [4]
Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic English gloss Modern language reflexes
*awamouthCAR aaw, PON aaw
*faabrave, strongCHK fa 'be brave, bold', MOK pa 'be talented'
*fawo-ni-peiname of Pohnpei IslandCHK fóónupi, PON Pohnpei
*kurupʷusmall young coconutCHK kurupʷ, PON kurupʷ 'immature coconut'
*pirafato stealMRT púraf, PNG pirap
*waiyajourney, be foreignCAR weey 'to travel', PON way 'be foreign, from abroad'
*woro-throat, neckCHK woro-mi 'to swallow', PON wɛrɛ 'his/her neck'

References

  1. Blust, Robert (2013). The Austronesian Languages. Canberra, Australia: Asia Pacific Linguistics. hdl:1885/10191. ISBN 9781922185075.
  2. Lynch, John; Malcolm Ross; Terry Crowley (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366.
  3. Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 1". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (1): 4, 5. doi:10.2307/3623449. JSTOR 3623449.
  4. Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 2". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (2): 271–281. doi:10.1353/ol.2003.0014.
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