The South Adelbert or Southern Adelbert Range languages are a
family of languages in the
Madang stock of New Guinea, spoken along the tributaries of the
Ramu River
The Ramu River is a major river in northern Papua New Guinea. The headwaters of the river are formed in the Kratke Range from where it then travels about northwest to the Bismarck Sea.
Along the Ramu's course, it receives numerous tributaries ...
in the watershed of the
Adelbert Range
Adelbert Range is a mountain range in Madang Province, north-central Papua New Guinea. The highest point of the mountains is at .
The Northern Adelbert languages and Southern Adelbert languages are spoken in the region.
Fauna and flora
As with ...
.
Languages
The languages are as follows.
[New Guinea World, Sogeram and Tomul Rivers]
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The Tomul River is a river in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Tomul Riverat Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 1994-01-06; database downloaded 2015-06-22
The Tomul River languages (Southern Adelbert languages) are spoken in the watershed.
Se ...
(~ Josephstaal
Josephstaal Rural LLG is a local-level governments of Papua New Guinea, local-level government (LLG) of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Wards
*01. Ingawaia
*02. Bogen
*03. Osum
*04. Avunmakai
*05. Evuar
*06. Mandugar
*07. Arimbugor
*08. Kisila ...
)
** Osum (Utarmbung)
** Wadaginam
**Pomoikan: Anam (Pondoma), Anamgura (Ikundun) – Moresada
* Sogeram River
Sogeram River is a river in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It empties into the Ramu River
The Ramu River is a major river in northern Papua New Guinea. The headwaters of the river are formed in the Kratke Range from where it then travels ...
(~ Wanang) (see)
In earlier classifications, such as that of Wurm, the Tomul River languages plus the Sikan languages
The Sogeram languages are a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea. They are named after the Sogeram River.Usher, Timothy. 2020Sogeram River ''New Guinea World''.
In earlier classifications, such as that of Wurm, most of the Sogera ...
were called "Josephstaal", while the rest of the Sogeram family was called "Wanang".
References
Further reading
* Ross, Malcolm. 2014
Proto-South-Adelbert
''TransNewGuinea.org''.
*Z'graggen, J.A.
A comparative word list of the Southern Adelbert Range languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
'. D-33, xvi + 113 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1980.
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