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North Halmahera languages

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87: 215:, while others consider NH to form a distinct language family, with no demonstrable relationship outside the region. The languages of North Halmahera appear to have the closest affinity with the languages of the Bird's Head, which suggests a migration from the western Bird's Head to northern Halmahera. However, 276:
in 1915. The structural similarities between NH and certain Papuan families in Melanesia were noted as far back as 1900, and an early version of the West Papuan family was proposed by H.K.J. Cowan (1957–1965), linking NH with the Bird's Head languages, among others (based on lexical and morphemic
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involved, and the separation appears to be based on sociopolitical grounds. Voorhoeve groups these idioms together as varieties of a unitary "Ternate-Tidore" language, while Miriam van Staden classifies them as distinct languages. Other North Halmahera languages, such as Galela and Tobelo, have
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The family is dialectally heterogeneous, with blurry lines between different languages. While different authors tend to disagree on the number of distinct languages identified, there is general accord regarding the internal subgrouping of the family.
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Some of the North Halmahera languages are characterized by their elaborate morphological structures. Others exhibit deep external influence, having shifted to a more Austronesian-type grammar as a consequence of prolonged contact.
324:, as well as the use of object and subject prefixes. The presence of archaic typological features sharply distinguishes these languages from other West Papuan languages, which generally have a left-headed syntactic structure. 495:, though most speakers consider them to be distinct languages. They are probably best considered separate languages, as mutual intelligibility testing appears to be skewed by the cultural practice of multilingualism. 269:. The ethnic groups of the north Halmahera area share civilizational links with the Islamic world and the populations of western Indonesia, betraying a mismatch between cultural and linguistic affiliation. 2799:
Voorhoeve, Clemens L. 1988. The languages of the northern Halmaheran stock. Papers in New Guinea Linguistics, no. 26., 181-209. (Pacific Linguistics A-76). Canberra: Australian National University.
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At the turn of the 19th century, the NH languages had already been recognized as a highly divergent (but perhaps Austronesian) group. Their non-Austronesian character was finally demonstrated by
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evidence). Holton and Klamer (2018: 626) do not unequivocally accept the genealogical unity of West Papuan, but note that the more restricted "West Papuan" proposal, linking NH with
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Voorhoeve, Clemens L. (1982), "The Halmahera connection: a case for prehistoric traffic through Torres Straits", in Halim, Amran; Carrington, Lois; Wurm, Stephen A. (eds.),
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Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian; KratochvĂ­l, FrantiĹĄek; Robinson, Laura C.; Schapper, Antoinette (2012), "The Historical Relations of the Papuan Languages of Alor and Pantar",
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The following proto-North Halmahera reconstructions are listed in Holton and Klamer (2018: 620–621). Most of the forms in Holton and Klamer are derived from Wada (1980).
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Voorhoeve, Clemens L. (1994), "Contact-induced change in the non-Austronesian languages in the north Moluccas, Indonesia", in Dutton, Tom; Tryon, Darrell T. (eds.),
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The following basic vocabulary words are from the Trans-New Guinea database. The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g.
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Wada, Yuiti. "1980 Correspondence of consonants in North Halmahera languages and the conservation of archaic sounds in Galela.". In Ishige, Naomichi (ed.).
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There is a degree of mutual intelligibility between the Galela–Tobelo languages, and Voorhoeve 1988 considered them dialects of a language he called
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ones; in particular, Voorhoeve (1982) has noted a set of lexical similarities between NH and the Central Papuan languages of the south coast of
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Voorhoeve, Clemens L. (1982), "The West Makian language, North Moluccas, Indonesia: a fieldwork report", in Voorhoeve, Clemens L. (ed.),
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have adopted many elements of Austronesian grammar; however, other languages of the family are rather conservative, having preserved the
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Bellwood, Peter (2019), "The Northern Spice Islands in prehistory, from 40,000 years ago to the recent past", in Bellwood, Peter (ed.),
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between the different "West Papuan" groupings is too skimpy to form a firm conclusion, suggesting that they be considered an
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Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". In Palmer, Bill (ed.).
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Musgrave, Simon (2014), "Language Shift and Language Maintenance in Indonesia", in Sercombe, P.; Tupas, R. (eds.),
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Most of these languages are very closely related to each other, and their family status is well-demonstrated.
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Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 2, Tracking the travellers
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Proto-North Halmahera consonants are (after Voorhoeve 1994: 68, cited in Holton and Klamer 2018: 584):
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stands out as an isolate. Their external links remain unclear. While genealogically distinct from most
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Gil, David (2015), "The Mekong-Mamberamo linguistic area", in Enfield, Nick; Comrie, Bernard (eds.),
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Pawley, Andrew; HammarstrĂśm, Harald (2018). "The Trans New Guinea family". In Palmer, Bill (ed.).
5101: 4650: 4645: 4440: 4425: 4402: 4318: 4177: 4115: 3946: 3941: 3891: 3772: 3722: 3390: 2980: 2836: 389: 3001: 4879: 4823: 4749: 4736: 4726: 4675: 4670: 4581: 4523: 4492: 4343: 4187: 4182: 4160: 3956: 3951: 3936: 3832: 3796: 3761: 3171: 3161: 3155: 3134: 3007: 2941: 2906: 2884: 2874: 2844: 2770: 2732: 2691: 2648: 2630: 2603: 2593: 504: 301: 164:, they all show evidence of extensive contact with the dominant Austronesian language family. 196:. The languages are thought to have been brought to the region as a result of migration from 4851: 4756: 4721: 4716: 4566: 4555: 4502: 4467: 4250: 4236: 4229: 4202: 4089: 4003: 3913: 3881: 3856: 3848: 3814: 3700: 3694: 3616: 3590: 3557: 3457: 3367: 3328: 3126: 3054: 3032: 3027:
Chlenov, Mikhail (1986), "North Halmahera languages: a problem of internal classification",
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West Makian is divergent due to heavy Austronesian influence. It was once classified as an
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Workshop on the Languages of Papua 3, 20–24 January 2014, Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia
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received significant influence from Ternate, a historical legacy of the dominance of the
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Map of the North Halmahera languages; the location of the language users is mostly wrong.
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Archaeology and Language II : Correlating archaeological and linguistic hypotheses
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Ternate and Tidore are generally treated as separate languages, though there is little
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of unrelated linguistic families. Moreover, many speakers of NH languages, such as the
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Reesink, Ger (2009), "West Papuan languages", in Brown, Keith; Ogilvie, Sarah (eds.),
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Language, Education and Nation-building: Assimilation and Shift in Southeast Asia
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The Spice Islands in Prehistory: Archaeology in the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia
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Dictionary of Languages: The definitive reference to more than 400 languages
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The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide
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proto-North Halmahera reconstructions (Holton & Klamer 2018)
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These languages are classified by some to be part of a larger
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Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia: The State of the Art
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The classification used here is that of Voorhoeve 1988.
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Foley, William (2000), "The Languages of New Guinea",
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Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World
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Sahu-Indonesian-English dictionary and Sahu grammar
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Many Ternate loanwords can be found in Sahu. 2589:Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World 133:(50,000 native speakers), which is a regional 3679: 3288: 3190:The Galela of Halmahera: A Preliminary Survey 3123:Multi-verb constructions in Eastern Indonesia 2633:, in Blench, Roger; Spriggs, Matthew (eds.), 8: 2958: 2956: 488:(Taba), an unrelated Austronesian language. 129:The best known North Halmaheran language is 288:The family has a demonstrable Austronesian 141:, were the languages of the rival medieval 4474: 3717: 3686: 3672: 3664: 3540: 3529: 3380: 3316: 3295: 3281: 3273: 2152: 672: 285:), appears to be particularly convincing. 3251:The Makian languages and their neighbours 3104:The Makian Languages and Their Neighbours 2830: 2685: 2680:, Canberra: ANU Press, pp. 211–221, 149:sultanates, famous for their role in the 3269:(Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database) 3160:, London: A & C Black, p. 620, 523: 3238:Kamus bahasa Tidore, Indonesia, Inggris 3029:Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 24 2639:, London: Routledge, pp. 128–140, 2575: 404:Galela–Tobelo (Northeast Halmaheran): 253:peoples, are physically distinct from 25: 3069: 3067: 2995: 2993: 2581: 2579: 526: 7: 2669: 2667: 2665: 2663: 2624: 2622: 2620: 2618: 2616: 2561:dimaede; edeng; je; maedeng; medeng 126:, but this is not well-established. 354: 346: 339: 484:. It should be distinguished from 207:, along with the languages of the 19:For the North Maluku regency, see 14: 2547:gominye; maminye; meminye; minye 350: Core Halmaheran  3253:. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 3227:. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. 3121:Unterladstetter, Volker (2020). 2592:, Elsevier, pp. 1176–1178, 308:. In addition, Ternate, Tidore, 106:and some neighboring islands in 85: 5092:Languages of the Maluku Islands 2977:10.1146/annurev.anthro.29.1.357 2207:kocowo'o; ngau'u; 'oki; sidete 1: 2965:Annual Review of Anthropology 259:Austronesian-speaking peoples 5016:Central and South New Guinea 3236:Pikkert, J. J. et al. 1994. 281:in particular (and also the 219:notes that the evidence for 172:Genetic and areal relations 5118: 4986:East Bird's Head – Sentani 3267:North Halmahera word lists 3003:The Austronesian languages 114:, which are a subgroup of 18: 5082:North Halmahera languages 5026:East New Guinea Highlands 4032:Nuclear South Bird's Head 3203:Greenhill, Simon (2016). 2938:10.1515/9781501501685-008 2767:10.1515/9783110883091.649 2527:'doroga; kou; oromo; tabu 2235:cu'dumu; ngunungu; payĂĄha 2140:for “hair”) or not (e.g. 627: 609: 591: 550: 537: 534: 531: 528: 455: 402: 378: 359: 352: 344: 112:South Halmahera languages 84: 56:Linguistic classification 33: 4056:Nuclear East Bird's Head 3695:Papuan language families 2629:Bellwood, Peter (1998), 5031:Yele – West New Britain 5021:Central West New Guinea 3249:Voorhoeve, C. L. 1982. 2871:10.1057/9781137455536_5 656:are often not found in 328:Internal classification 21:North Halmahera Regency 5060:Proto-Trans–New Guinea 4971:Trans-Fly–Bulaka River 3154:Dalby, Andrew (2015), 3131:10.5281/zenodo.3546018 679:proto-North Halmahera 515:Lexical reconstruction 162:languages of Indonesia 137:and which, along with 5087:West Papuan languages 5011:West Papuan Highlands 5006:West Trans–New Guinea 4817:families and isolates 4698:families and isolates 4363:families and isolates 4322:families and isolates 4155:East Cenderawasih Bay 4119:families and isolates 4018:families and isolates 4015:Bird's Head Peninsula 3980:families and isolates 3304:West Papuan languages 3000:Robert Blust (2013). 2687:10.22459/TA50.2019.13 2645:10.4324/9780203202913 2128:Vocabulary comparison 650:voiced retroflex stop 482:Austronesian language 4956:Binanderean–Goilalan 4810:Bismarck Archipelago 4037:Inanwatan–Duriankere 2823:10.1353/ol.2012.0001 1911:*fikiri < Arabic 654:retroflex consonants 493:Northeast Halmaheran 283:Yapen/Yawa languages 274:Hendrik van der Veen 267:language replacement 261:of South Halmahera. 5001:Tor–Kwerba–Nimboran 4996:Left May – Kwomtari 3927:Greater Binanderean 3363:Central Bird's Head 3059:10.15144/PL-C75.217 2811:Oceanic Linguistics 300:origin, as well as 294:Philippine language 221:genetic relatedness 4919:Proposed groupings 4834:South Bougainville 4829:North Bougainville 4319:Western New Guinea 4116:Western New Guinea 3037:10.15144/PL-A70.39 2555:'di'di; romo'dĂ­'di 213:Western New Guinea 205:West Papuan family 188:). 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Index

North Halmahera Regency
Maluku Islands
Indonesia
Linguistic classification
West Papuan
language family
Glottolog
nort2923

Halmahera
Indonesia
South Halmahera languages
Austronesian
Bird's Head
West Papua
Ternate
lingua franca
Tidore
Ternate
Tidore
spice trade
West Makian
languages of Indonesia
Maluku Islands
Papuan languages
Timor–Alor–Pantar
Southeast Asia
Oceania
New Guinea
West Papuan family

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