Tonda | |
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West Morehead River | |
Geographic distribution | Southern New Guinea |
Linguistic classification |
Yam
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Glottolog | tond1250 |
Map: The Yam languages of New Guinea
Yam languages
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Australian languages
Uninhabited |
The Tonda languages form a branch of the Yam language family of southern New Guinea. There are over 10 languages. [1]
Tonda languages share some areal features are shared with the Kolopom languages. [2]
The Tonda languages are: [1] [3]
Notes (see Evans 2018: 681):
Tonda languages are unique for their base-6 numeral systems, which likely originated from counting yams (rather than fingers or body parts as with most other languages). [2]