Paniai Lakes languages
The Paniai Lakes languages, also known as the Wissel Lakes or Wissel Lakes – Kemandoga River, are a small family of closely related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in the Paniai Lakes region of the highlands of Irian Jaya in the Paniai Lakes region of West Papua. Foley considers their Trans–New Guinea status to be established.Languages
The languages are:
- Moni
- Central
- *Wolani
- *Ekari
- *Auye
They are most closely related to the Dani languages, Amung and Dem.Pronouns
Independent pronouns and possessive prefixes are:Evolution
Paniai Lakes reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea etyma are:
Ekari language:
- ama ‘breast’ < *amu
- benáî ‘arm’ < *mbena
- modo ‘belly’ < *mundun
- ama ‘breast’ < *amu
- kado ‘skin’ < *kapu
- yame ‘louse’ < *niman
- mei- ‘come’ < *me
- wawa ‘father’ < *mbapa
- mana ‘speech, talk’ < *mana ‘instructions’
- tani ‘sun’ < *ketane
Moni language:
- ama ‘breast’ < *amu
- mudu ‘heart’ < *mundun ‘internal organs, belly’
- ada ‘skin’ < *kapu
- pane ‘woman’ < *panV
- timu ‘night’ < *ktuma
- homa ‘stone’ < *kauCV
- usa ‘tree’ < *inda
- me- ‘come’ < *me-
