https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/ 2026-04-29T00:33:05+00:00 https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/ https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/comparative-termlist?rev=1719337266&do=diff Comparative termlist Edgar Suter and Timothy Usher We have designed a termlist that is tailored to Papuan languages. The full list consists of 800 English terms. There is also an abridged list of about 400 terms selected from the full list. If time constraints do not permit the elicitation of the full list, the abridged list can be chosen. These termlists are attached and downloadable below in both open office and excel formats. text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/start?rev=1719337266&do=diff About Newguineaworld Timothy Usher and Edgar Suter Newguineaworld is a historical phonological encyclopedia of New Guinean languages. It presents cognate sets and the sound correspondences derived from them. The purpose of this website is to classify the language families of New Guinea, the most linguistically diverse region in the world, through a process of stepwise reconstruction using the traditional comparative method. In support of this goal, we aim to develop and present a full-spect…