Berik
Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute
Situation
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Sources
Galis (1955) 24 comparative terms for Tor
Oosterwal (1961) comparative vocabulary of Berik
Voorhoeve (1975: 107) 37 comparative terms for Berik after Anceaux (n.d.)
Smits and Voorhoeve (1994: 18-266) comparative vocabularies of Berik (Upper Tor) of Sarontani after van der Leeden (n.d.), Berik of Taminambor after an unnamed missionary, and Berik of unnamed locations after Laban (n.d.) and Oosterwal (n.d.)
Stokhof ed. (1983: 85-98) comparative vocabularies of Berrik Papua (Ujang, Samaninteh, Tenwer) and (pp. 99-102) Sewan
Westrum and Westrum (1975) phonology of Berik of Tenwer village
Westrum (1976) Berik clauses
Westrum (1982) Berik kinship
Westrum and Wiesemann (1986) Berik pronouns
Westrum, Westrum, Sowenso and Songkilawan (1986) extensive vocabulary of Berik
Westrurn (1987) Berik particle /ga/
Westrum (1988) grammar of Berik
Clouse (1997: 165-230) 199 comparative terms for Berik of Somanente village after Westrum
Phonology
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Westrum and Westrum (1975) give 16 simple consonants, 8 rounded consonants and 7 vowels for Berik of Tenwer as follows:
| m | n | ŋ | |
| p | t | k | |
| b | d | dʒ | g |
| f | s | ||
| ɺ | |||
| w | ɾ | j |
| tʷ | kʷ | ||
| bʷ | dʷ | gʷ | |
| fʷ | sʷ |
| i | u | |
| ɪ | ||
| e | o | |
| æ | a |
Voiceless stops /p t k/ are optionally realized as aspirated [pʰ tʰ kʰ].
Fricative /f/ is specified as labiodental.
Pronouns
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Westrum (1988: 144-147) …:
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Verbal morphology
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