Mantion–Meax languages


The Mantion–Meax, Mantion–Meyah, or East Bird's Head languages are a language family of three languages in the "Bird's Head Peninsula" of western New Guinea, spoken by all together 20,000 people.

Classification

East Bird's Head stock

Pronouns

The pronouns Ross reconstructs for the proto-language are:

Basic vocabulary

Basic vocabulary among East Bird's Head languages listed in Holton & Klamer. The sets are not necessarily cognate.
Additional East Bird's Head basic vocabulary quoted by Holton & Klamer from Miedema & Reesink and, showing diverse non-cognate vocabulary across different branches: