Iwam languages
The Iwam languages are a small family of clearly related languages,
- May River Iwam and Sepik Iwam,
| Iwam | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Upper Sepik River basin in western East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Sepik
|
| Glottolog | iwam1260[1] |
They are generally classified among the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea; Malcolm Ross places them in an Upper Sepik branch of that family.
The Iwam languages are spoken at the extreme western end of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea along the bank of the Upper Sepik River, and are situated just to the west of the Left May languages.
Footnotes
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Iwamic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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References
- 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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