Southern Adelbert languages

Southern Adelbert
Southern Adelbert
Geographic; distribution	New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Northeast New Guinea? Madang West Madang Southern Adelbert; ; ;
Glottolog	sout3148

The South Adelbert or Southern Adelbert Range languages are a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea.

Languages

The languages are as follows.^[1]

Pomoikan (Tomui River): Osum (Utarmbung), Wadaginam, Anam (Pondoma), Anamgura (Ikundun), Moresada
Sogeram (Sogeram River)
- West Sogeram
  - Atemble (Atemple), Nend (Angaua)
  - Paynamar (Manat)
- Central Sogeram
  - Faita (Kulsab), Musak (Aisi)
  - Apali (Emerum)
  - Sikan: Mum (Katiati), Sileibi (Sirva)

Daniels (2012) classifies Gants with Atemble and Nend.

Recently discovered Magɨ appears to be closely related to Aisi. Magɨyi, discovered the same year, is less certain, but may also be a Sogeram language.

Footnotes

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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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