====== Foe ======

Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute

===== Situation =====
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===== Sources =====
Rule (1965) (unobtained)

Rule (1977) comparative description of Foe, Huli and Erave (Pole) including including 355 comparative terms (pp. 12-26) and 101 Swadesh terms (pp. 121-124)

Rule (1993) (unobtained)

MacDonald (1973: 131-132) phonological inventory

Franklin ed. (1973: 557-558) 100 comparative terms

Franklin (2001) comparative notes on Kutubuan and Engan

===== Phonology =====
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Rule (1977: 8-11) gives 15 consonants and 5 vowels for Foe as follows:\\
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Initial plain stops /*b *d *g/ are realized as plain (unaspirated) voiceless [p t k].

Apical non-stop /ɾ/ and glottal stop /ʔ/ occur only medially.

===== Pronouns =====
Rule (1977: 47-48) gives Foe pronouns in two case forms as follows:

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|           |simple|possessive |
|1 sg.      |na(no)|no-mo      |
|2 sg.      |naʔa  |nomaʔa-mo  |
|3 sg.      |jo    |jo-ø       |
|1 pl. excl.|jia   |jia-mo     |
|1 pl. incl.|jija  |jija-mo    |
|2 pl.      |haʔa  |hemaʔa-mo  |
|3 pl.      |jaʔa  |jaʔa-ø     |
|1 dl. excl.|jage  |jage-mo    |
|1 dl. incl.|jaʔa  |jaʔa-ø     |
|2 dl.      |hagaʔa|hagemaʔa-mo|
|3 dl.      |hagera|hagera-mo  |