https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/ 2026-06-10T01:19:37+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/trans-new-guinea/central-west-new-guinea/momuna-mek/mek/west-mek/eipo?rev=1719337266&do=diff Eipo Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation [under construction] Eipo is spoken by … living in the valley of the Eipo river, or Eipomek, … (Heeschen 1978: 6-7, Heeschen 1998: 16-18.) Eipo has been significantly influenced and borrowed basic vocabulary from languages of the northwest Mek subgroup. text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/central-west-new-guinea/momuna-mek/mek/west-mek/kimyal?rev=1719337266&do=diff Kimyal Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation [under construction] Kimyal (Kinyal,) also known as Koropun (Korapun, Korupun, Koruppun) is spoken by … people living in and around the valley of the Erok River … (Heeschen 1998: 17.) Koropun Mission Station … Indonesia's Papua province (Shiefenhövel 1978: 49, Voorhoeve 1968 after Bromley p.c.) Kimyal is one of three primary branches of the Mek family. There is no special relationship with Sela of the Northwest Mek subgroup. text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/central-west-new-guinea/momuna-mek/mek/west-mek/nalca?rev=1719337266&do=diff Nalca Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation [under construction] Nalca (Naltya,) called Hmanggona by its speakers, is spoken by … people living in the Nalca River valley … in the central highlands of Indonesia's Papua province (Voorhoeve 1975: 399, Heeschen 1978: 6-7, q.v. 1992: 466.) text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/central-west-new-guinea/momuna-mek/mek/west-mek/nipsan?rev=1719337266&do=diff Nipsan Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation [under construction] Nipsan, called Yali (Yaly) by its speakers, … used by government and missions to refer to … valley of the Iluk river … east of Yale Kosarek (Heeschen 1978: 6-7, 1992: 8.) text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/central-west-new-guinea/momuna-mek/mek/west-mek/sela?rev=1719337266&do=diff Sela Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation [under construction] Sela is spoken by … people living in the Sela valley … Sela name of hill … two dialects, West and East Sela … (Godschalk 1993: 3-4.) There is no special relationship between Sela and Korapun to the west. text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/central-west-new-guinea/momuna-mek/mek/west-mek/start?rev=1719337266&do=diff West Mek Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation [under construction] The West Mek family consists of six languages spoken … Subclassification The internal classification of West Mek is as follows: West Mek Eipo Nalca Nipsan Kosarek text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/central-west-new-guinea/momuna-mek/mek/west-mek/yale?rev=1719337266&do=diff Yale Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation [under construction] Yale, also known as Kosarek, is spoken by … people living in eight villages (1992) in the valley of the Denkomne and In rivers … central mountain range … Indonesia's Papua province. The people call themselves the Yalenang /ʝalɛnaŋ/ “east-people” and their language Yale Yubu /ʝalɛ ʝubu/ “east language.” The term Kosarek, used by missionaries and the Indonesian government, properly refers to the area around the airstrip. …