The Keram languages of New Guinea are part of the

Ramu 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 ...

family. They are the

Mongol–Langam languages The Mongol–Langam, Koam, or Ulmapo languages are a language group of Keram Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea belonging to the Ramu language family. Foley (2018) includes them within the Grass languages, but they were not includ ...

and a pair of languages sometimes thought to belong to the

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family. (See Grass languages for the history of classification.) Foley (2018) classifies most of them in the

branch of the Ramu family, while Usher classifies them as coordinate with the Ramu family, leaving a reduced number of languages in the Grass branch.West Keram River – NewGuineaWorld
/ref> They are named for the

Keram River The Keram River is a river in northern Papua New Guinea. Keram Riverin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded 2015-06-22 See also *List of rivers of Papua New Guinea *Keram languages The Keram languages of New Guine ...

Languages

*East

** Ambakich (Aion) ** Ap Ma (Kambot) *West

( Mongol–Langam) ** Mwakai (Mongol) ** Pondi (Langam) ** Ulwa (Yaul)

Pronouns

Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns of East Keram and West Keram as follows:East Keram RiverWest Keram River
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References

External links

* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–East Keram River
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Proto–West Keram River
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