Kumil Languages
The Northern Adelbert or Pihom–Isumrud languages are a language family, family of twenty languages in the Madang languages, Madang stock of New Guinea. The occupy the coastal northern Adelbert Range of mountains directly opposite Karkar Island, as opposed to the Southern Adelbert languages, another branch of Madang. Malcolm Ross (linguist), Malcolm Ross posited a "linkage (linguistics), linkage" connecting the Northern Adelbert languages with the Mabuso languages, and named this group Croisilles , as the two families bracket Cape Croisilles (Northern Adelbert to the north, Mabuso to the south). However, Ross never claimed Croisilles was an actual language family, and other researchers have rejected the connection. Languages There are approximately 20 Northern Adelbert languages. Below is a comparison of Northern Adelbert language names in Pick (2020) and John Z'graggen, Z'graggen (1980). A few alternate names from Capell (1952) are also given. Classification Croisilles was ...
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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 other mountain ranges in Papua New Guinea, it is cloaked in rainforest, and is home to many rare species of fauna and flora and is highly biodiverse. Adelbert Range is home to many species of birds, including bird-of-paradise and the endemic Fire-maned Bowerbird. References

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