The South Adelbert or Southern Adelbert Range languages are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

of languages in the

Madang Madang (old German name: ''Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen'') is the capital of Madang Province and is a town with a population of 27,420 (in 2005) on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. It was first settled by the Germans in the 19th century. Histor ...

stock of New Guinea, spoken along the tributaries of the

Ramu River 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 ...

in the watershed 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 ...

Languages

The languages are as follows.New Guinea World, Sogeram and Tomul Rivers
/ref> * Tomul River (~

Josephstaal Josephstaal Rural LLG is a local-level governments of Papua New Guinea, local-level government (LLG) of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Wards *01. Ingawaia *02. Bogen *03. Osum *04. Avunmakai *05. Evuar *06. Mandugar *07. Arimbugor *08. Kisila ...

) **

Osum The Osum is a river in southern Albania, one of the source rivers of the Seman. It is long and its drainage basin is . Its average discharge is . Its source is in the southwestern part of the Korçë County, near the village Vithkuq at an altitu ...

(Utarmbung) ** Wadaginam **Pomoikan: Anam (Pondoma), Anamgura (Ikundun) – Moresada *

Sogeram River Sogeram River is a river in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu ...

(~ Wanang) (see) In earlier classifications, such as that of Wurm, the Tomul River languages plus the

Sikan languages The Sogeram languages are a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea. They are named after the Sogeram River.Usher, Timothy. 2020Sogeram River ''New Guinea World''. In earlier classifications, such as that of Wurm, most of the Sogera ...

were called "Josephstaal", while the rest of the Sogeram family was called "Wanang".

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