Kumbe Marind

Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute

Situation

[under construction]

Sources

Drabbe (1955: 13-15) brief description and (pp. 148-151) 97 comparative terms for Kumb

Donohue (1996) 159 comparative terms for Sanayu village

Phonology

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/.

Pronouns

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.

Verbal morphology

No information is available on Kumbe River verbal morphology.