Numugen languages
(Redirected from Numagen River languages)
| Numugen | |
|---|---|
| Numagen River | |
| Geographic distribution | Numagen River, New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea?
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | numu1240 |
The Numugen (Numagen) languages are a small family of closely related languages in the Madang branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) phylum of New Guinea, spoken in the region of the Numagen River.
The languages are:[1]
Proto-language
[edit]For a list of Proto-Numugen reconstructions, see Pick (2020).[1]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
References
[edit]- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
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