Language group
The Chuukic–Pohnpeic or historically Trukic-Ponapeic languages are a family of Micronesian languages consisting of two dialect continua , Chuukic and Pohnpeic . They are the westernmost and historically most recent Micronesian languages .
Composition
Unique innovations
Chuukic-Pohnpeic has several unique innovations that separates it as a subgroup from the rest of Nuclear Micronesian. Among the most prominent are historical sound changes from Proto-Micronesian .
Historical sound changes
Chuukic-Pohnpeic languages share a number of historical sounds changes from Proto-Oceanic and Proto-Micronesian . Chuukic languages and Pohnpeic languages separately share later innovations.
Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic reflexes of Proto-Oceanic consonants
Proto-Oceanic
*mp
*mp,ŋp
*p
*m
*m,ŋm
*k
*ŋk
*ŋ
*y
*w
*t
*s,nj
*ns,j
*j
*nt,nd
*d,R
*l
*n
*ɲ
Proto-Micronesian
*p
*pʷ
*f
*m
*mʷ
*k
*x
*ŋ
*y
*w
*t
*T
*s
*S
*Z
*c
*r
*l
*n
*ɲ
Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic
*p
*pʷ
*f
*m
*mʷ
*k
*∅,r
*ŋ
*y
*w
*t
*j
*t
*t
∅
*c
*r
*l
*n
*ɲ
Before /a/.
Reconstructed vocabulary
Reconstructed Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic Vocabulary
Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic
English gloss
Modern language reflexes
*awa
mouth
CAR aaw, PON aaw
*faa
brave, strong
CHK fa 'be brave, bold', MOK pa 'be talented'
*fawo-ni-pei
name of Pohnpei Island
CHK fóónupi, PON Pohnpei
*kurupʷu
small young coconut
CHK kurupʷ, PON kurupʷ 'immature coconut'
*pirafa
to steal
MRT púraf, PNG pirap
*waiya
journey, be foreign
CAR weey 'to travel', PON way 'be foreign, from abroad'
*woro-
throat, neck
CHK woro-mi 'to swallow', PON wɛrɛ 'his/her neck'
References
Blust, Robert (2013). The Austronesian Languages . Canberra, Australia: Asia Pacific Linguistics. hdl :1885/10191 . ISBN 9781922185075 .
Lynch, John ; Malcolm Ross ; Terry Crowley (2002). The Oceanic languages . Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4 . OCLC 48929366 .
Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 1". Oceanic Linguistics . 42 (1): 4, 5. doi :10.2307/3623449 . JSTOR 3623449 .
Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 2". Oceanic Linguistics . 42 (2): 271–281. doi :10.1353/ol.2003.0014 .
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