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Marienberg languages

Marienberg languages

Torricelli language branch of Papua New Guinea

The Marienberg or Marienberg Hills languages are a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in a mountainous stretch of region located between the towns of Wewak and Angoram in the Marienberg Hills of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Kamasau is the best documented Marienberg language.[1]

Typology

Marienberg languages distinguish masculine and feminine genders, with feminine being the default unmarked gender.[1]

Unlike all other Torricelli branches except for the Monumbo languages, word order in the Bogia languages is SOV, likely due to contact with Lower Sepik-Ramu and Sepik languages.[1]: 298 

Languages

Foley (2018) provides the following classification, based primarily on morphological evidence.[1]

There is also Forok, labeled as a variety of Bungain in survey vocabularies.

Pronouns

Pronouns in selected Marienberg Hill languages:[1]: 304 

More information pronoun, Muniwara ...

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  • 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.
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