Saponi language
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Saponi is nearly extinct a Papuan language of Indonesia
. It shares half of its basic vocabulary with the Rasawa language
, but it's not clear that they are related. Saponi shares none of its pronouns with the Lakes Plain family
that Rasawa is part of; indeed its basic pronouns mamire "I, we" and ba "thou" are remenincent of proto–East Bird's Head
*meme "we" and *ba "thou".
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. It shares half of its basic vocabulary with the Rasawa language
Rasawa language
Rasawa is a Papuan language of Indonesia. It shares half of its basic vocabulary with the Saponi language, but it's not clear if they are related....
, but it's not clear that they are related. Saponi shares none of its pronouns with the Lakes Plain family
Lakes Plain languages
-Pronouns:The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-Tariku are,The corresponding "I" and "thou" pronouns are proto–East Lake Plain *a, *do, Awera yai, nai , and Rasawa e-, de-. Saponi shares no pronouns with the Lakes Plain family; indeed its pronouns mamire "I, we" and ba "thou" are remenincent of...
that Rasawa is part of; indeed its basic pronouns mamire "I, we" and ba "thou" are remenincent of proto–East Bird's Head
East Bird's Head languages
The East Bird's Head languages form a language family of three languages in the "Bird's Head" Peninsula of western New Guinea, spoken by only 20,000 people in all....
*meme "we" and *ba "thou".