East Strickland languages
Encyclopedia
The East Strickland languages are a family
of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross
. The six languages,
are clearly related.
Language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...
of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross
Malcolm Ross
Malcolm David Ross is a linguist and professor at the Australian National University. He has published work on Austronesian and Papuan languages, historical linguistics, and language contact.-External links:**...
. The six languages,
- Fembe (Agala), Gobasi (Nomad), Kubo, OdoodeeOdoodee languageOdoodee is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River....
(Tomu), Konai, SamoSamo language (New Guinea)Samo, also known as Daba, Nomad, and Supei, is a Trans–New Guinea language of New Guinea, spoken in the plains east of the Strickland River. It has switch-reference marking for the subject of a clause....
,
are clearly related.