Leonhard Schultze languages

The Leonhard Schultze (Leonard Schultze) or Walio–Papi languages are a proposed family of about 6 Papuan languages spoken in the Sepik river basin of northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken along the border region of East Sepik Province and Sandaun Province, just to the south of the Iwam languages.

Leonhard Schultze
Walio–Papi
Geographic
distribution
Leonard Schultze River, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classificationSepik
  • Leonhard Schultze
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

The languages are named after the Leonhard Schultze River, which is in turn named after German anthropologist Leonhard Schultze-Jena.

Languages

The Leonard Schultze languages are:

Classification

The Leonhard Schultze languages were traditionally classified by Laycock and Z'graggen (1975) as part of the Sepik language family.[1]

Foley (2018) classifies the Leonhard Schultze languages separately as an independent language family rather than as part of the Sepik languages (as in previous classifications proposed by others).[2] However, this classification is not accepted by Glottolog, which splits up the Walio and Papi branches and considers them each to be a primary language family.

Vocabulary comparison

The following basic vocabulary words are from Conrad and Dye (1975),[3] as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:[4]

glossWalioYawiyo (Wosawari dialect)Papi
head tiᵽotipafuauwiyu
hair tiřeʔyeiařupisi
ear aᵽoᵽoafemʌgʌnaba
eye nogub̶ʌnɛnimausunweyo
nose tʌᵽsɛᵽoʔtɩmʌsitʌnipɔku
tooth nʌᵽaᵽalanʌfesʋmunu
tongue nʌgʌyatanotaisakeyo
louse natʌᵽidibafuyeiařupɩsɩ
dog kauwaᵽoifau; ivauagabu
pig taǏib̶oami amitʌmaub̶o
bird aumaɔb̶ɔ; ɔːsani
egg naᵽuaumufuusouyo
blood liʔteyuowataneke
bone ipalib̶oihuwanaikʌmio
skin aᵽayotoefahewapʌsiyæ
breast matʌᵽulomamaabiyaiɔ
tree biᵽoʔyanunaːb̶ʌkʌ
man ɛlɛgobuwoto; to iːwasanoᵽo
woman tɔkotʌb̶isiasautosuːbu
water ǥweiutlauweařukowa
fire linatitanuwa; tiyamiřiku
stone ᵽuboʔtab̶iyatab̶iyaio
road, path ʔɛᵽobuefʌmowapʌbřiyaio
eat kanab̶oafaʔunařuopo akepo
one aǏia gʌǏaǏilauařʌsʌbausunuboku
two ǥuřaǥaʔařʌfřisuwʌbiyaio

References

  1. Laycock, D. C. and Z'graggen, John A. 1975. The Sepik-Ramu Phylum. In Wurm, S.A. (ed.), Papuan Languages and the New Guinea Linguistic Scene, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study 1, 729-763. Australian National University.
  2. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". 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. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  3. Conrad, R. and Dye, W. "Some Language Relationships in the Upper Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea". In Conrad, R., Dye, W., Thomson, N. and Bruce Jr., L. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 18. A-40:1-36. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1975. doi:10.15144/PL-A40.1
  4. Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.
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