Marienberg languages
The Marienberg or Marienberg Hills languages are a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in a mountainous stretch of region located between the towns of Wewak and Angoram in the Marienberg Hills of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
| Marienberg | |
|---|---|
| Marienberg Hills | |
| Geographic distribution | Marienberg Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Torricelli
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| Glottolog | mari1433[1] |
 The Torricelli languages as classified by Foley (2018) | |
Typology
Marienberg languages distinguish masculine and feminine genders, with feminine being the default unmarked gender.[2]
Unlike all other Torricelli branches except for the Monumbo languages, word order in the Bogia languages is SOV, likely due to contact with Lower Sepik-Ramu and Sepik languages.[2]:298
Languages
Foley (2018) provides the following classification, based primarily on morphological evidence.[2]
Pronouns
Pronouns in selected Marienberg Hill languages:[2]:304
pronoun Muniwara Bungain Buna 1SG ŋa ŋan ŋa 2SG nu nu no 3M.SG na neŋ den 3M.SG wo veŋ gwen 1PL ŋam ŋaŋ ŋam 2PL num nuŋ nom 3M.PL ma meŋ bon 3F.PL kwo ceŋ en
gollark: It's very ethical.
gollark: See, I can also influence the random player's choices and make them cooperate unconditionally for a little bit.
gollark: I have the random player, it's fine*.
gollark: I managed to get my submission into second place by meddling with round lengths or something by [REDACTED] random number generator.
gollark: Code is here if anyone wants to continue, but I'm doing a more traditional thing since time travel isn't working out.
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Marienberg". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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