Misegian languages
The Misegian, also known as Mikarew or Ruboni Range languages, are a small family of clearly related languages,
- Giri, Sepen, and Mikarew (Aruamu).
| Misegian | |
|---|---|
| Mikarew Ruboni Range | |
| Geographic distribution | Ruboni Range, Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Ramu
|
| Glottolog | kire1239[1] |
They are generally classified among the Ramu languages of northern Papua New Guinea. The Misegian languages are all spoken in Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[2][3]
Phonemes
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[4]
*m *n *ŋ *pʰ *tʰ *kʰ *p *t *k *b *d *g *ɸ *s *w *ɾ *j *ɣ
*i *ʉ *u *ɛ *ɔ *a
Pronouns
Usher reconstructs the pronouns as:[4]
sg du pl 1 *[k/g][ɔ/u], naŋ *[ŋ]ka *aia 2 *n[ɔ/u] *[ŋ]kɔa *nɛ 3 *a(-na) *mani *mɛ
As of 2020, these are tagged for revision.
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ruboni". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- New Guinea World, Ruboni Range
External links
- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–Ruboni Range
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