Eleman Languages
The Eleman languages are a language family, family spoken around Kerema Bay, Papua New Guinea. Languages and classification The five languages of Eleman proper are clearly related. They were identified as a family by Sidney Herbert Ray in 1907, and would later be incorporated in the Trans–New Guinea languages, Trans–New Guinea classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (2005). * ? ''Kaki Ae language, Kaki Ae (Tate)'' * Eleman family **West: Keuru language, Keuru, Opao language, Opao, Orokolo language, Orokolo **East: Toaripi language, Toaripi, Tairuma language, Tairuma (Uaripi) Purari language, Purari was included by Brown (1968), but the only evidence is the 1sg pronoun ''nai'', which might simply be a reflection of TNG *na. The purported evidence for including Eleman in the Trans–New Guinea family lies in Kaki Ae. Franklin (1995) shows regular sound correspondences between Kaki Ae and Eleman, including Kaki Ae ''n'' to Eleman *r, so Kaki Ae ''nao'' 1sg ...
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Kerema Bay
Kerema Bay is a bay in Papua New Guinea. It is located in the Gulf Province next to the capital city Kerema, 230 km northwest of Port Moresby. The climate in the region is Tropical rainforest climate, tropical. References

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