• Papua New Guinea. The Lower Ramu languages as classified by Usher and by Foley (2018) are: Lower Ramu languages Ottilien languages Watam, Kaian Gamay (Borei)...
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  • The Sepik–Ramu languages are an obsolete language family of New Guinea linking the Sepik, Ramu, Nor–Pondo (Lower Sepik), Leonhard Schultze (Walio–Papi)...
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  • The RamuLower Sepik a.k.a. Lower Sepik–Ramu languages are a proposed family of about 35 Papuan languages spoken in the Ramu and Sepik river basins of...
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  • The Ramu languages are a family of some thirty languages of Northern Papua New Guinea. They were identified as a family by John Z'graggen in 1971 and linked...
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    a group: Murik vs Kopar–Pondo. Ross classified Lower Sepik as one branch of a RamuLower Sepik language family. Foley (2005) tentatively proposes that...
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  • is related to the Lower Sepik languages, another branch of the erstwhile Sepik-Ramu phylum. They conclude that Tayap is a language isolate, though they...
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  • also used by speakers of Arafundi languages. Laycock (1973) grouped the Arafundi languages with the Ramu languages, although (according to his comments...
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    Torricelli and Lower Sepik-Ramu languages, phonological properties of nouns can even determine gender. Like in the Yuat and Lower Sepik-Ramu languages, nouns...
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  • languages are a small family of clearly related languages, Watam–Kaian, Gamei (Mbore), and Bosman–Awar. They are generally classified among the Ramu languages...
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  • The Grass languages are a group of languages in the Ramu language family. It is accepted by Foley (2018), but not by Glottolog. They are spoken in East...
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    agglutinative, with example languages listed below. In contrast, languages within the Ramu, Lower Sepik, and Yuat families all have relatively uniform typological...
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    Mandible (redirect from Lower ramus)
    thicker in front than behind; at the point where it joins the lower border of the ramus a shallow groove; for the facial artery, may be present. It is...
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  • Upper Yuat languages typically have 7 vowels:: 236  New Guinea World, Upper Yuat River Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and...
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  • languages, are a small family of clearly related languages, Giri, Sepen, and Mikarew (Aruamu). They are generally classified among the Ramu languages...
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  • Mbore (Borei, Mborei) a.k.a. Gamei (Gamai) is a Lower Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the villages of Gamei (4°03′58″S 144°43′50″E...
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    sections; a superior ramus, an inferior ramus, and a body. The pubic bone is made up of a body, superior ramus, and inferior ramus (Latin: branch). The...
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    migration with some of the earlier languages (perhaps including the Sepik–Ramu languages) being related to the Australian languages, a later migration bringing...
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    The ischium is made up of three parts–the body, the superior ramus and the inferior ramus. The body contains a prominent spine, which serves as the origin...
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    languages, word order in the Bogia languages is SOV, likely due to contact with Lower Sepik-Ramu and Sepik languages.: 298  There are three languages:...
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  • irregular plural markers with the Lower Sepik languages, supporting the proposal of a RamuLower Sepik language family. Bosman at Ethnologue (18th...
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    for the Monumbo languages, word order in the Bogia languages is SOV, likely due to contact with Lower Sepik-Ramu and Sepik languages.: 298  Foley (2018)...
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  • The Lower Ramu languages (Ottilien–Misegian) are all spoken in this LLG. 01. Marangis (Marangis language speakers) 02. Kaiyan (Kaian language speakers)...
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    languages spoken in the country. In 2006, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare stated that "Papua New Guinea has 832 living languages (languages...
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  • ‘wasp’, yelm ‘earthquake’, walpm ‘liver’ Pronouns are: Like the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages, Urim (as well as Kombio) distinguishes dual and paucal pronouns...
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  • completely surrounded by the Sepik languages, it is geographically separated from the rest of the RamuLower Sepik language family, of which Chambri is a member...
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  • 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...
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  • The Markham languages form a family of the Huon Gulf languages. It consists of a dozen languages spoken in the Ramu Valley, Markham Valley and associated...
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  • allomorphy are also found in the Lower Sepik-Ramu languages.: 228  Paradisec has a collection of recordings of Biwat language. They also have a collection...
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  • Watam is a Ramu language of Papua New Guinea. Like Bosmun, it shares a number of irregular plural markers with the Lower Sepik languages, supporting...
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  • resemblances to Yuat languages, while pronouns are similar to the Grass (Keram) languages (Ramu). Malcolm Ross (2005) accepts them as Ramu languages based on their...
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