====== Ia Awyu ======

Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Instritute\\
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===== Situation =====
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===== Sources =====
Drabbe (1950) grammar and (pp. 131-142) 408 comparative terms for Sjiàgha

Drabbe (1954: 231-255) 100 comparative terms for Sjiàgha

Drabbe (1959:162-181) 431 comparative terms for Sjiàgha

Voorhoeve (1975: 375-376) brief general description of Syiagha

===== Phonology =====
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Drabbe (1950: 94-96) gives 16 consonants and 6 vowels for Sjiàgha as follows:

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|  m  |  n  |     |     |
|  p  |  t  |     |  k  |
|  b  |  d  |     |  g  |
|     |     |     |  ŋ  |
|  f  |  s  |  ʃ  |  x  |
|  w  |  r  |  j  |     |


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|  i  |     |  u  |
|  e  |     |  o  |
|  ɛ  |     |     |
|     |  a  |     |

===== Pronouns =====
Drabbe (1950: 99-102) gives Sjiàgha pronouns in two case forms as follows:

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|     |nominative|possessive|
|1 sg.|no        |na        |
|2 sg.|go        |ga        |
|3 sg.|ewe, ege  |wa        |
|1 pl.|noɣo      |'naɣa     |
|2 pl.|goɣo      |'gaɣa     |
|3 pl.|joɣo      |'jaɣa     |

Possessives are preposed to the nominals they modify. They may be found in prefixed form before some kin terms, e.g. /a'mutu/ "son", /n-a'mutu/ "my son", /'otob-ra/ "daughter", /w-'otob-ra/ "his daughter," /a'jɛ/ "father", /gaɣ-a'jɛ/ "your (pl.) father" (p. 102.)

===== Counting system =====
Drabbe (1950: 104-105) gives six numbers for Sjiàgha as follows:

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|1 |e'ʃa        |
|2 |o'komo      |
|3 |okom-e'ʃa   |
|4 |okom-o'komo |
|5 |bed-afi-bumo|
|10|sɛ          |

According to Drabbe, /bed-afi/ in the term for "five" means "one hand."

===== Verbal morphology =====
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Attestations in the charts which follow are drawn from  Drabbe (1950: 108-129.)

As in other Digul River languags, there is no distinction between second and third person forms (q.v. de Vries, Wester and van Heuvel 2012: 282, 296):

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|       |present|       |        |today past|      |      |yesterday|        |         |
|       |**-ø** |**-C** |**-N**  |**-ø**    |**-C**|**-N**|**-ø**   |**-C**  |**-N**   |
|1 sg.  |-d     |-d     |-nd     |-dVwe     |-dVwe |-ndVwe|-ɣV-dewe |-gV-dewe|-ŋgV-dewe|
|2/3 sg.|-ɣ     |-g     |-ŋg     |-kVre     |-gVre |-ŋgVre|-ɣV-dere |-gV-dere|-ŋgV-dere|
|1 pl.  |-da    |-da    |-nda    |-dowa     |-dowa |-ndowa|-ɣV-dowa |-gV-dowa|-ŋgV-dowa|
|2/3 pl.|-ɣona  |-goɣona|-ŋgoɣona|-kena     |-gena |-ŋgena|-ɣV-dena |-gV-dena|-ŋgV-dena|


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|       |**-ø**|**-C**|**-N**|
|1 sg.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 sg.|      |      |      |
|1 pl.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 pl.|      |      |      |

…

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|       |**-ø**|**-C**|**-N**|
|1 sg.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 sg.|      |      |      |
|1 pl.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 pl.|      |      |      |

…

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|       |**-ø**|**-C**|**-N**|
|1 sg.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 sg.|      |      |      |
|1 pl.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 pl.|      |      |      |

…

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|       |**-ø**|**-C**|**-N**|
|1 sg.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 sg.|      |      |      |
|1 pl.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 pl.|      |      |      |

…

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|       |**-ø**|**-C**|**-N**|
|1 sg.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 sg.|      |      |      |
|1 pl.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 pl.|      |      |      |

…

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|       |**-ø**|**-C**|**-N**|
|1 sg.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 sg.|      |      |      |
|1 pl.  |      |      |      |
|2/3 pl.|      |      |      |