SOUTH COAST.

Papuan.MairassisInland from Lobo.
WuaussirauOn Kamaka Wallar Lake.
LakahiaOn Telok Lakahia.
KiruruOn Telok Kiruru.
UtanataInland from Utanata River.
MimikaInland from Mimika River.
Kupera Pukwa Kupera Pukwa River.
MĕraukĕCoast between the Kumbĕ River and the British Boundary.
ToroBensbach R.
Indonesian. OninNorth of Kumava Peninsula.
KapauerNorth-West of Kumava Peninsula.
KarufaSouth of Kumava Peninsula.
LoboKowiai Coast and Islands of Namatote, Mawara, Aiduma, and Kaju-mera.

III. COMPARATIVE NOTES ON THE ANGADI-MIMIKA GROUP OF LANGUAGES.

This group consists of the Angadi, Nagramadu, Goreda, Utanata, Lakahia, Mimika and Kupera Pukwa dialects, and perhaps also Kiruru.

1. Sound changes.[36]

A comparison of vocabularies shows a certain amount of sound change between the dialects. Thus Angadi m becomes b in Utanata and Mimika and vice versa.[37]

Ex. Angadi muti, Mimika and Utanata buïti, bamboo.
Angadi mopere, Nagramadu mobere(bu), Mimika bopere, navel.
Angadi mirimoi, Utanata birimbu, Mimika birim, nose.
Angadi mau, Utanata mouw, Mimika bauwe, foot.
Angadi tohoma-pare, Mimika to-mari, arm.

The Angadi m is represented sometimes by mb in Mimika, but is retained in Lakahia and Kiruru. Utanata examples are not found.

Ex. Angadi mi, Lakahia mu, Kiruru mi, Mimika mbi, mbu, water.
Angadi metaho, Mimika mbatau, spit.
Angadi imiri, Mimika imbiri, shin.
Mimika amuri is Kupera Pukwa ambori.