The Bahinemo languages are a small

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

of closely related languages of northern

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. The languages are: * Bitara (Berinomo), Bahinemo (Gahom), Nigilu, Wagu * Mari, Bisis, Kapriman (Sare) – Watakataui, Sumariup. They are classified among the

Sepik Hill languages The Sepik Hill languages form the largest and most ramified branch of the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken along the southern margin of the Sepik floodplain in the foothills of Central Range of south-central East Se ...

of the Sepik family.

References

* Sepik Hill languages {{PapuaNewGuinea-stub