Social:Keram languages

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Keram
Keram River
Geographic
distribution
New Guinea
Linguistic classificationRamu–Keram
  • Keram
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

The Keram languages of New Guinea are part of the Ramu family. They are the Mongol–Langam languages and a pair of languages sometimes thought to belong to the Grass family. (See Grass languages for the history of classification.)

Foley (2018) classifies most of them in the Grass branch of the Ramu family,[1] while Usher classifies them as coordinate with the Ramu family, leaving a reduced number of languages in the Grass branch.[2]

Languages

  • East Keram River
    • Ambakich (Aion)
    • Ap Ma (Kambot)
  • West Keram River (Mongol–Langam)
    • Mwakai (Mongol)
    • Pondi (Langam)
    • Ulwa (Yaul)

See also

  • Grass languages

References

  1. Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". in Palmer, Bill. The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197-432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7. 
  2. West Keram River – NewGuineaWorld