The Kolopom languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (2005). Along with the Mombum languages, they are the languages spoken on Kolepom Island (Yos Sudarso Island) in South Papua, Indonesia.

Languages

The Kolopom languages are:

Proto-language

Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:

Pronouns

Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as: ! !!sg!!pl !1 !2 !3

Basic vocabulary

Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are: ! gloss !! Proto-Kolopom

Cognates

Cognates among Kolopom languages listed by Evans (2018): ! gloss !! Kimaghama !! Riantana !! Ndom !! Marori

Vocabulary comparison

The following basic vocabulary words are from McElhanon & Voorhoeve (1970) and Voorhoeve (1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. mete, meːt, metö for “stone”) or not (e.g. tuakwo, reːt, modo for “head”). ! gloss !! Kimaghima !! Ndom !! Riantana ! head ! hair ! eye ! tooth ! leg ! louse ! dog ! pig ! bird ! egg ! blood ! bone ! skin ! tree ! man ! sun ! water ! fire ! stone ! name ! eat ! one ! two

Evolution

Kolopom reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are: Kimaghana language: Riantana language: