The Middle Ramu or Annaberg languages are a small

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. It is no longer accepted as a valid grouping by Glottolog, but is accepted by Foley (2018). Wurm (1982) classified Aian, at his 'family' level, in a more distant ''stock''-level relationship with Rao (Annaberg): *Annaberg **''

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'' (Annaberg) **Aian family:

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, Aiome The Annaberg family is generally classified among the

Ramu languages The Ramu languages are a family of some thirty languages of Northern Papua New Guinea. They were identified as a family by John Z'graggen in 1971 and linked with the Sepik languages by Donald Laycock two years later. Malcolm Ross (2005) classifi ...

of northern

References

External links

* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–Middle Ramu River
{{Ramu–Lower Sepik languages Ramu languages Languages of Madang Province