| Baining | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain |
| Ethnicity | Baining people |
| Linguistic classification | East New Britain
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | bain1263 |
The Baining languages are a small language family spoken by the Baining people on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. They appear to be related to the neighboring Taulil–Butam languages, which immigrated from New Ireland.
Languages
The languages are:
- Mali (2,200 speakers)
- Qaqet (6,400 speakers)
- Kairak (900 speakers)
- Simbali (450 speakers)
- Ura (1,900 speakers)
Extinct Makolkol neighbored the (other) Baining languages to their southwest but is unattested.
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from SIL field notes (1970, 1971, 1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. sʌdᶺm, asdɛmgi for “ear”) or not (e.g. tʌƀəřʌk, it for “louse”).
gloss Mali (Makunga dialect) Mali (Arambum dialect) Qaget Ura head aŋʌpʌski uʌski niŋaǥa; ʌ niŋʌg̶ʌ amʌ niŋʌɣi; auwʌski; ʌmʌ niŋʌɣɩ hair aɣʌsɛŋ ǥʌsɛŋ aǥsiŋ; ʌg̶asiŋ aɣʌsɛŋ; kʌsiŋ; kʌsɩŋ ear sʌdᶺm asdɛmgi asdəmgi; sdmki asdʌmgi; dʌsdəmgɩ; dʌsdəmgi eye saǥɔŋ saǥoŋ ʌ rʌsʌkŋiʌm; saknaǥa asauɣoŋ; ʌ̂ sʌǥon; ʌ sʌǥoŋ nose kulimki ulɩmgi ǥəřɩmki; ʌ rʌg̶ʌrimgi awʌlyʌmgi; ʌ ǥulimgɩ; ʌ ǥulimgi tooth alkɛŋ ǥɛŋ ařkiŋ; ařkingi atkiŋgi; ʌ ǥʌřʌ; naeyɛŋ; næyɛŋ tongue aǥulbiŋka ǥɔbɩnga ǥalbika; og̶lbinga aɣuebunga; duɛbingʌ leg alaǥar; slʌpiřom aǥař ʌ laiŋyat; ɩlaŋ ʌgʌřʌ louse tʌƀřʌk it ᶩat; ʌ ɛɛtki məat; məat; ɩr̰aɩt dog paimka imga daŋka; ʌ dʌŋgʌ imga; mɛmgʌ pig ƀlam; pᶺlᶺmka ƀɛmga ƀiləmgʌ; ƀlam ƀɩɛmgʌ; ƀiɛmgʌ; wemga bird isᶺmka i sʌmga waṱki; ʌ wʌitka ɛɛ'sumgʌ; ɛɛsumgʌ; isʌmga egg pa·lo la luaǥa; ʌ luʌg̶ʌ duřaiṱ; duřat̯; luaɣa blood abias abʌska ʌg̶ʌřʌkʌ; ǥřka a biaska; biʌskʌ bone slʌp atlɨp lan; sləpki a Lləp; ʌ Lləp; o slʌpki skin kᶺdʌki ŋᶺndᶺŋ ǥət·dinki; ʌrʌgʌtdəŋit aslɩɣɩge; ʌ sliyɩgɛ; ʌ sliyigɛ breast kʌmkʌ ǥumuk ǥomʌk; og̶əmək at gəmuk; atkʌmuk tree amʌŋka ŋumuŋ mʌŋka; munkʌ ʌ muŋgʌ; ŋʌmuga man aroǥa; umᶺska umʌska ǥatka; ʌ g̶wʌtkʌ gamoɛɣa; gʌmuɛgʌ woman lɛƀɔpki aƀopkin nanki; ʌ nʌngi ɛwəpkɩ; ɛwəpki; Ewopki sun kunʌŋka unɛŋga ʌ niřag̶a; niřaǥa; nɩlaǥa ɣunʌga; wunʌgʌ moon ayaƀunki 'aǥɔngi yaǥunki; ʌ yɔg̶ungi yaǥunǥɩ; yaɣungi; yʌǥungi water ařɛŋki řiŋgi ǥřapki; ʌ kʌinʌg̶i mʌřiŋgi; mʌřɩŋgɩ; rigi fire a mundʌm mudʌmbʌs altiŋki; ʌltiŋgi mundʌbʌs; mundʌm stone dulki diǥa ʌ dulkʌ; dulka duɩɣa; mʌ duɩ; mʌ dui road, path aska iska aiskʌ; aska iska; mʌiskʌ; mʌɩskʌ name aŋařɛpki ŋʌrɩpki diʌringi namgi; řɨnki diŋyiřipki; diŋyɩrɩpkɩ; ŋʌr̰iþki eat katɨs katɨs ka tɨs; kʌ ts ɣat tʌs; ka ts; kʌ ts one asʌŋgʌk sɛgɨk ǥanaska; og̶unʌskʌ sɩgʌk; sʌgʌk; sigʌk two adom udion ǥanasam; og̶unʌsiʌm undiom; undɩom
References
- Greenhill, Simon (2016). "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05.