Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
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Drabbe (1955: 13-15) brief description and (pp. 148-151) 97 comparative terms for Kumb
Donohue (1996) 159 comparative terms for Sanayu village
Kumbe River Marind has 16 consonants and 5 vowels as follows:
| m | n | |||
| p | t | k | ||
| b | d | g | ||
| mb | nd | ŋg | ||
| s | h | |||
| v | ɾ | z |
| i | u | |
| e | o | |
| a |
Apical non-stop /ɾ/ is written by Drabbe alternately as <r l>
There is no velar non-stop /ɣ/ because Marind /*ɣ/ has merged with /h.
Non-stops /v z/ reflect Marind /*w *j/.
Drabbe (1955: 150-151) gives Kumb nominative pronouns as follows, with third person forms distinguished from one another by gender ablaut:
| 1 sg. | nok |
| 2 sg. | oh |
| 3 sg. m. | anep |
| 3 sg. f. | anup |
| 1 pl. | nok ke |
| 2 pl. | eoh |
| 3 pl. | anip |
No other case forms are available.
No information is available on Kumbe River verbal morphology.