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Yellow River languages
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| Yellow River | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Yellow River, central Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Sepik
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | yell1247 |
The Yellow River languages are a small family of clearly related languages,[1]
They are classified among the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea.
Namia is the most divergent Yellow River language.[2]
Distribution
[edit]They are spoken along the Yellow River (a tributary of the Sepik) in a mountainous area of central Sandaun Province, located to the north of the Upper Sepik basin. They are located directly to the southwest of the Ram languages, another Sepik group.
Pronouns
[edit]The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto–Yellow River are:[3]
I *wan we two *ɨ-t we *ɨ(m, n) thou *nɨ you two (*kə-, *wə-p) you (*kə-m, *wə-m) he *[ə]rə they two *tə-p they *tə-m she *ɨ
References
[edit]- ^ Yellow River[dead link], New Guinea World
- ^ 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. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ Ross (2005)
- 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. doi:10.15144/PL-572. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.