The East Strickland or Strickland River languages are a family of Papuan languages.
Languages
The East Strickland languages actually form a language continuum. Shaw (1986) recognizes six languages, which are: Upper: Fembe (Agala), Konai Odoodee (Tomu) Central/Middle: Gobasi (Nomad), Kubo, Samo (Daba)
Gobasi, Odoodee and Samo, but especially Gobasi, are also known as "Nomad".
Pronouns
Pronouns are:
{ |
! !!sg!!du!!pl
|-
!1
|*na, *ã||*o-li, *a-la||*oi
|-
!2
|*nõ||*nĩ-le||*nĩ
|-
!3
|*yõ||*i-le||*yã, *di
|}
Vocabulary comparison
The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970), Shaw (1973), and Shaw (1986), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:
Evolution
Supposed East Strickland reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:
Samo language: (da)subu ‘ashes’ < *sumbu si- ‘burn’ < *nj(a,e,i)- na- ‘eat’ < *na- magara ‘mouth’ < *maŋgat[a] korofu ‘skin’ < *(ŋg,k)a(n,t)apu mere(ma) ‘tongue’ < *me(l,n)e mini ‘nose’ < *mundu
Bibo language: (da)suf ‘ashes’ < *sumbu
Agala language: fulu(ma) ali ‘to fly’ < *pululu-