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Misegian languages

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Misegian
Mikarew
Ruboni Range
Geographic
distribution
Ruboni Range, Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classificationRamu
Language codes
Glottologkire1239

The Misegian, also known as Mikarew or Ruboni Range languages, are a small family of clearly related languages,

Giri, Sepen, and Mikarew (Aruamu).

They are generally classified among the Ramu languages of northern Papua New Guinea. The Misegian languages are all spoken in Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.[1][2]

Phonemes

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Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[3]

*m *n
*pʰ *tʰ *kʰ
*p *t *k
*b *d *g
*s
*w *j
*i *u
*a

Pronouns

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Usher reconstructs the pronouns as:[3]

sg du pl
1 *[k/g][ɔ/u], naŋ *[ŋ]ka *aia
2 *n[ɔ/u] *[ŋ]kɔa *nɛ
3 *a(-na) *mani *mɛ

As of 2020, these are tagged for revision.

References

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  1. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  2. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. ^ a b New Guinea World, Ruboni Range
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