Ramu–Lower Sepik languages
E1021850
The Ramu–Lower Sepik languages are a proposed family of Papuan languages spoken primarily in northern Papua New Guinea, noted for their diversity and complex grammatical structures.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language family
ⓘ
proposed language family ⓘ |
| arealClassification | Papuan ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
contact with Sepik language families
ⓘ
contact with Trans–New Guinea languages ⓘ |
| areClassifiedBy |
lexical comparison
ⓘ
pronominal paradigms ⓘ typological features ⓘ |
| areDocumentedIn |
comparative Papuan surveys
ⓘ
descriptive grammars of individual languages ⓘ lexical wordlists ⓘ |
| areLocatedIn |
Lower Sepik River region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ramu River region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy |
indigenous peoples of northern Papua New Guinea
ⓘ
small language communities ⓘ |
| areSpokenIn |
East Sepik Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madang Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areStudiedBy |
field linguists
ⓘ
historical linguists ⓘ |
| areStudiedIn | Papuan linguistics ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Grass languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keram languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Kobon–Maron languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Sepik languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikarew–Watam languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamolan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveCharacteristic |
complex grammatical structures
ⓘ
high structural diversity ⓘ pronoun-based classification proposals ⓘ significant phonological variation across branches ⓘ small speaker populations for many member languages ⓘ |
| haveUncertainty |
genetic unity not universally accepted
ⓘ
internal subgrouping debated ⓘ |
| haveWritingSystem | primarily unwritten ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | proposed ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative morphology in many languages
ⓘ
head-marking tendencies in some branches ⓘ rich verbal morphology in several languages ⓘ |
| region | northern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| riskStatus | many member languages endangered ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Papuan languages ⓘ |
| timeDepth | likely great time depth relative to other Papuan families ⓘ |
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