https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/ 2026-04-29T00:33:11+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/families/papuan-gulf/kikori-river/rumu-omati-river/omati-river/barikewa?rev=1719337266&do=diff Barikewa Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation Barikewa is spoken approximately eight miles northeast of the headwatters of the Omati river in Papua New Guinea's Gulf province (Johnston 1921-1922: 166.) Sources Johnston (1921-1922) 126 comparative terms for Barika of Asanu village text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/papuan-gulf/kikori-river/rumu-omati-river/omati-river/kaser?rev=1719337266&do=diff Kaser Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute, developed with Robert Petterson Situation Kaser, also known as Ikobi-Mena following Franklin (1973,) is spoken in at least seven villages along the Turama and Kikori rivers in Papua New Guinea's Gulf province. It is partially mutually intelligible with its nearest relatives, Mouwase along the Omati river to the southeast and Barikewa to the north. According to Petterson, there are three dialects of Kaser, the Turama River dialect spoken in Kuri, Moka F… text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/papuan-gulf/kikori-river/rumu-omati-river/omati-river/mouwase?rev=1719337266&do=diff Mouwase Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation [under construction] … Sources Johnston (1919-1920) 130 comparative terms for Karima of Kibeni village Franklin ed. (1973: 573-575) 100 comparative terms for Omati Carr (2006) 190 comparative terms for Mowase of Gibidai village text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/papuan-gulf/kikori-river/rumu-omati-river/omati-river/start?rev=1719337266&do=diff Omati River Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation The Omati River family, also known as Turama-Omatian, is comprised of three or four closely-related languages spoken along and around the inland reaches of the Omati and Turama Rivers in the westernmost portion of Papua New Guinea's Gulf Province (Franklin 1973: 263-267.) Its members are quite similar to one another, approaching mutual intelligibility (Petterson 2011: 4.)