The Palei languages constitute a branch of the Torricelli language family according to Laycock (1975) (quoted from Foley 2018). They are spoken in mountainous regions of eastern

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Languages

Languages are: *Nuclear Palai ** Braget,

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(Yangum), Ambrak *West Palai **

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Maimai languages The Maimai languages constitute a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken just to the west of Nuku town in eastern Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea (including in Maimai Wanwan Rural LLG Maimai Wanwan Rural LLG is a local-le ...

, or separate within the Torricelli languages.

Pronouns

Pronouns in Palei languages are: :

Vocabulary comparison

The following basic vocabulary words are from Laycock (1968), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.

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words are from Laycock (1968) and Voorhoeve (1971, 1975).Voorhoeve, C.L. "Miscellaneous Notes on Languages in West Irian, New Guinea". In Dutton, T., Voorhoeve, C. and Wurm, S.A. editors, ''Papers in New Guinea Linguistics'' No. 14. A-28:47-114. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1971. :

References

* {{Torricelli languages Torricelli Range languages Languages of Sandaun Province