Inland Gulf languages

Inland Gulf
Geographic distribution	New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea Anim (Fly River) Inland Gulf
Subdivisions	Ipiko Minanibai
Glottolog	inla1262
Map: The Inland Gulf languages of New Guinea   The Inland Gulf languages   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

The Inland Gulf languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and Malcolm Ross (2005). The unity of the languages was established by K. Franklin in 1969. Although the family as a whole is clearly valid, Ipiko is quite distinct from the other languages.

• Inland Gulf family
  • Ipiko language
  • Minanibai branch: Minanibai (Foia Foia), Mubami (Tao), Hoia Hoia (Hoyahoya)

Karami was once included, but is best left unclassified for now.

Pronouns for the Minanibai branch are:

	sg	pl
1	*no	*ni
2	*go	*dau
3	?	*eti

Ipiko only reflects 1pl *ni.

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.