Chimbu–Wahgi languages

Languages

• Chimbu–Wahgi family
• *Chimbu branch
• *:Kuman, Chuave, Nomane, Golin–Dom, Salt-Yui, Sinasina
• *Western Highlands
• **Jimi River
• **: Maring, Narak–Kandawo
• **Wahgi Valley
• **: Nii, Wahgi, North Wahgi
• **Mount Hagen
• ***Melpa
• ***Kaugel River: Imbo Ungu, Umbu-Ungu, Mbo-Ung

  Phonology

Pronouns

Evolution

• ama ‘mother’ < *am
• amu ‘breast’ < *amu
• numan ‘louse’ < *niman
• numan ‘thought, mind, will’ < *n
• man, muŋ ‘fruit, nut, lump’
• muŋgum ‘kidney’ < *maŋgV ‘round object’
• mundmuŋ ‘heart’ < *mundun-maŋgV
• mokum, mokem ‘knuckle, joint’ < *moVm ‘joint’
• mundun mo- ‘be pot bellied’ < *mundun ‘internal organs, belly’
• ŋaŋ ‘small male child’ < *ŋaŋ ‘baby’
• apa- ‘maternal uncle’ < *apa ‘father’
• embe ‘name’ < *imbi ‘name’
• muk ‘blue’ < *muk
• tuk- ‘chop’ < *tVk- ‘cut, cut off’
• no- ‘eat’ < *na-
• mek si- ‘to vomit’
• mek ‘vomitus’ < *makV + t- ‘to vomit’