Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
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Nalca (Naltya,) called Hmanggona by its speakers, is spoken by … people living in the Nalca River valley … in the central highlands of Indonesia's Papua province (Voorhoeve 1975: 399, Heeschen 1978: 6-7, q.v. 1992: 466.)
Bromley (n.d.) unpublished survey vocabulary of Naltya (unobtained)
Bromley (n.d.) Naltya phonology (unobtained)
Voorhoeve (1975: 116) 39 comparative terms for Naltya after Bromley (n.d.)
Voorhoeve (1975: 399) phonemic inventory for Naltya after Bromley (n.d.)
Heeschen (1978) comparative notes on Nalca
Rule, Rule and Cutting (n.d.) grammar of Hmanggona (unobtained)
Svärd (2013) grammar of Nalca
Additionally, a vocabulary of Hmanggona of Oisekla was provided in digitalized form by Paul Whitehouse via the Summer Institute of Linguistics; however it is unattributed.
Voorhoeve (1975: 399 after Bromley n.d.) gives 15 consonants and 7 vowels for Naltya as follows:
| m | n | ŋ | ||
| pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||
| ʔ | ||||
| b | d | g | ||
| s | h | |||
| w | l | j |
| i | u | |
| ɪ | ʊ | |
| ɛ | ɔ | |
| a |
Two tones are distinguished, low-rising and high-falling.
Voorhoeve (1975: 116, 1975: 399 after Bromley n.d.) gives Naltya free pronouns as follows. We reluctantly include the unattributed Hmanggona data because from these we can complete the basic system; presumably /-da/ [da ra] indicates the subject or is emphatic:
| Voorhoeve | [SIL] | |
| 1sg. | na | na-ra |
| 2 sg. | an | an-da |
| 3 sg. | [al] | al-da |
| 1 pl. | nun | nun-da |
| 2 pl. | ? | ? |
| 3 pl. | [sik] | sik-da |
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