Kursav (also known as Faita or Kulsab) is a divergent and nearly extinct
Madang language
The Madang or Madang–Adelbert Range languages are a language family of Papua New Guinea. They were classified as a branch of Trans–New Guinea by Stephen Wurm, followed by Malcolm Ross. William A. Foley concurs that it is "highly likely" ...
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 ...
of
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. It was once placed in the now-defunct
Brahman
In Hinduism, ''Brahman'' (; IAST: ''Brahman'') connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality of the universe.P. T. Raju (2006), ''Idealistic Thought of India'', Routledge, , page 426 and Conclusion chapter part XII In the ...
branch of Madang. Daniels (2017) identifies
Gants as its closest relative.
[Daniels, Don. 2017. Gants is a Sogeram Language. ''Language and Linguistics in Melanesia'' 35: 82-93.]
References
Sources
*Daniels, Don. 2015. ''A Reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram: Phonology, Lexicon, and Morphosyntax''. Doctoral dissertation, University of California at Santa Barbara.
Sogeram languages
Languages of Madang Province
Endangered Papuan languages
Severely endangered languages
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