Asmat–Kamoro languages

Asmat–Kamoro
Asmat
Ethnicity:	Asmat people etc.
Geographic distribution:	New Guinea
Linguistic classification:	Trans–New Guinea Central & South New Guinea ? Asmat–Kamoro
Glottolog:	asma1256[1]
Map: The Asmat–Kamoro languages of New Guinea   The Asmat–Kamoro languages   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

The Asmat–Kamoro languages are a family of a dozen Trans–New Guinea languages spoken by the Asmat and related peoples in southern Western New Guinea. They are believed to be a recent expansion along the south coast, as they are all closely related, and there is little differentiation in their pronounns.

They are:

• Asmat: Casuarina Coast Asmat, Yaosakor Asmat, Central Asmat, North Asmat, Citak, Diuwe, Tamnim Citak
• Sabakor: Buruwai (Asienara), Kamberau (Iria)
• Kamoro
• Sempan

Pronouns are:

	sg	pl
1	*no[ro]	*na[re]
2	*o[ro]/we[rV]	*ca[re]
3	*a[re]

References

1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Asmat–Kamoro". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Bibliography

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