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 stockPronouns
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: