The Numugen (Numagen) languages are a small family of closely related languages in the Madang branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) phylum of New Guinea, spoken in the region of the Numagen River.
| Numugen | |
|---|---|
| Numagen River | |
| Geographic distribution | Numagen River, New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea?
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | numu1240 |
The languages are:[1]
Proto-language
editFor a list of Proto-Numugen reconstructions, see Pick (2020).[1]
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
References
edit- 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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