Franklin KJ. 1975. Comments on Proto-Engan. In SA Wurm, Ed. New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study: Papuan languages and the New Guinea linguistic scene. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, pp. 263-275.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
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| 80583 | Samberigi | we dual (pronoun d:1p, dual) | diki | | | |
| 81094 | Samberigi | not | diæ | | | |
| 81090 | West Kewa | not | dia | | | |
| 81091 | East Kewa | not | dia | | | |
| 81092 | Erave | not | dia | | | |
| 81123 | Huli | sore, wound | dere | | | |
| 80704 | Huli | ashes | danga | | | |
| 80554 | Enga | this | dàke | | | |
| 80794 | Samberigi | banana | dæ̨̨̨ᶖ | | | |
| 81095 | Enga | not | daá | | | |
| 80703 | Enga | ashes | búsi | | | |
| 80992 | Huli | to sit | birá | | | |
| 80378 | Samberigi | name | biki | | | |
| 80929 | Huli | to do, make | bia | | | |
| 80376 | West Kewa | name | bi | | | |
| 80482 | Samberigi | sibling, opposite sex | beliki | | | |
| 81068 | Huli | good | bayale | | | |
| 80480 | East Kewa | sibling, opposite sex | bali | | | |
| 80512 | Enga | he, she, it (pronoun d:3s) | báa | | | |
| 80954 | Huli | to hit | ba | | | |
| 80856 | Samberigi | bird | ba | | | |
| 80468 | Huli | mother | ąya | | my | |
| 80965 | Fasu | to lie down | aware | | | |
| 80494 | Wiru | woman | atòa | | | |
| 80731 | Ipili | mountain | ati | | | |
| 81003 | Ipili | to stand | ata | | | |
| 80985 | Fasu | to see | asere | | | |
| 80602 | Angal | when? | a rɔmbu | | | |
| 81157 | Enga | to run | ára pígi | | run away | |
| 80600 | East Kewa | when? | a rabo | | | |
| 80601 | Erave | when? | a rabo | | | |
| 80599 | West Kewa | when? | a rabo | | | |
| 80487 | Fasu | sibling, opposite sex | apu | | | |
| 80462 | Fasu | man | aporo | | | |
| 80614 | Enga | who? | apí | | | |
| 80609 | West Kewa | who? | api | | | |
| 80611 | Erave | who? | api | | | |
| 80616 | Ipili | who? | api | | | |
| 80610 | East Kewa | who? | api | | | |
| 80916 | Fasu | to come | apere | | | |
| 80669 | Fasu | house | ape | | | |
| 80451 | Enga | father | apáné | | | |
| 80453 | Ipili | father | apa | | | |
| 80612 | Angal | who? | ap | | | |
| 80450 | Angal | father | ap | | | |
| 80505 | Fasu | I (pronoun d:1s) | ano | | | |
| 80320 | Samberigi | leg, foot | anke | leg, foot | leg, foot | |
| 80814 | Samberigi | pandanus | ankæ | | | |
| 80813 | Angal | pandanus | ank | | | |
| 80473 | Angal Heneng | mother | anji | | his | |
