The Misegian, also known as Mikarew or
Ruboni Range languages, are a small
family
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of clearly related languages,
:
Giri,
Sepen, and
Mikarew (Aruamu).
They are 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
Papua New Guinea
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. The Misegian languages are all spoken in
Yawar Rural LLG
Yawar Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Lower Ramu languages (Ottilien–Misegian) are all spoken in this LLG.
Wards
*01. Marangis ( Marangis language speakers)
*02. Kaiyan (Kaian language spe ...
,
Madang Province
Madang is a province of Papua New Guinea. The province is on the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea and has many of the country's highest peaks, active volcanoes and its biggest mix of languages. The capital is the town of Madang.
D ...
,
Papua New Guinea
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.
Phonemes
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:
[New Guinea World, Ruboni Range]
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:
:
Pronouns
Usher reconstructs the pronouns as:[
:
As of 2020, these are tagged for revision.
]
References
External links
* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Proto–Ruboni Range
{{Ramu–Lower Sepik languages
Lower Ramu languages
Languages of Madang Province