Somahai languages

Momuna

Somahai
Geographic
distribution| New Guinea
Linguistic classification| Trans–New Guinea

* Central West New Guinea
* Momuna–Mek[1]
* Momuna

Subdivisions|

* Momina
* Momuna

Glottolog| soma1242[2]

The Momuna languages, Momina and Momuna, also known as Somahai, are a family of two closely related Papuan languages spoken in the highlands of Papua province, Indonesia.

## Classification

The Somahai pronouns, singular *na, *ka, *mo, are typical of Trans–New Guinea languages. They were placed in the Central and South New Guinea branch of that family by Wurm. Ross could not locate enough evidence to classify them. Usher found them to be closest to the Mek languages, in the Central West New Guinea, which partially overlaps with Wurm's C&SNG.

## References

1. ↑ Momuna–Mek, New Guinea World
2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Somahai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/soma1242.

*   * Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". in Andrew Pawley. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15-66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.

## External links

* Somahai languages database at TransNewGuinea.org

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