Papi-Asaba languages
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Family of languages in Papua New Guinea
| Papi-Asaba | |
|---|---|
| Papi Frieda and Kenu Rivers | |
| Geographic distribution | Sepik River basin, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Sepik
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None |
The Papi and Asaba languages form a small family of two somewhat distantly related languages of northern Papua New Guinea, namely Papi and Suarmin (Asaba).
Donald Laycock (1973) classified them as part of a Walio-Papi, a.k.a. Leonhard Schultze, branch of his Sepik-Ramu proposal. Malcolm Ross (2005) breaks up Walio-Papi, and suggests that the Papi languages may instead be part of the Sepik Hill branch of the (now Sepik) family. Glottolog does not find the evidence of a Papi family to be convincing. Foley (2018) and Usher (2020) retain them in Leonhard Schultze.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Frieda and Kenu Rivers, New Guinea World
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15-66. doi:10.15144/PL-572. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.