Kainantu–Goroka languages


The Kainantu–Goroka language are a family of Papuan languages established by Arthur Capell in 1948 under the name East Highlands. They formed the core of Stephen Wurm's 1960 East New Guinea Highlands family, and are one of the larger branches of Trans–New Guinea in the 2005 classification of Malcolm Ross.

Languages

The constituent Kainantu and Goroka families are clearly valid groups, and both William A. Foley and Timothy Usher consider their TNG identity to be established. The languages are,
The pronouns reconstructed by Ross for proto-Kainantu–Goroka, proto-Kainantu, and proto-Goroka are as follows:
The possessive forms are:

Evolution

Kainantu–Goroka reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea etyma are:
Awa language:
Fore language:
Gende language:
Innovations in proto-Kainantu-Goroka replacing proto-Trans-New Guinea forms:
Gorokan basic vocabulary from William A. Foley :
Kainantu basic vocabulary from William A. Foley :