Languages of Papua New Guinea

A first look at Proto-Engan kinship

Statement of Responsibility:
Franklin, Karl
Issue Date:
2013
Date Created:
1973 - 2012
Extent:
pages 12-23
Abstract:
In this article I reconstruct a number of Proto-Engan kinship system terms, with varying degrees of evidence from several Engan languages. I also provide some correspondences with kin terms from languages that are adjacent to, or near, the Engan family.
Publication Status:
Published
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Part of Series:
Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 31(1)
Entry Number:
54767