Torricelli languages
E1021846
The Torricelli languages are a diverse family of Papuan languages spoken primarily in the Torricelli Mountains region of northwestern Papua New Guinea.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| arealContact |
Oceanic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sepik languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Skou languages ⓘ |
| arealFeature | New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | not demonstrably related to Trans–New Guinea ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | many languages poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | many member languages endangered ⓘ |
| exampleLanguage |
Arapesh languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olo language NERFINISHED ⓘ One language (Torricelli family) ⓘ Wapei language ⓘ Yambes language ⓘ |
| geneticStatus | independent Papuan family ⓘ |
| geographicFeature |
coastal lowlands near Aitape
ⓘ
foothills of Torricelli Mountains ⓘ |
| glottologCode | torr1262 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Torricelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639FamilyCode | tll (Torricelli) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageContactEffects |
lexical borrowing from Tok Pisin
ⓘ
lexical borrowing from neighboring Papuan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticDiversity | high ⓘ |
| majorSubgroup |
Aramaic branch (Torricelli family)
ⓘ
Marienberg branch ⓘ Palei branch ⓘ Wapei branch ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Torricelli Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLanguages | approximately 40 ⓘ |
| primaryCountries | Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryProvinces |
East Sepik Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sandaun Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Torricelli Mountains
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northwestern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| researchField | Papuan linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy | indigenous communities of Torricelli Mountains ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectToStudyBy |
field linguists
ⓘ
historical linguists ⓘ |
| timeDepth | likely several millennia of diversification ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
predominantly SOV word order ⓘ relatively small vowel inventories ⓘ rich consonant inventories ⓘ |
| writingSystem | primarily unwritten ⓘ |
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