The Misegian, also known as Mikarew or Ruboni Range languages, are a small family of clearly related languages,
Misegian | |
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Mikarew Ruboni Range | |
Geographic distribution | Ruboni Range, Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Ramu
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Glottolog | kire1239 |
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]
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[3]
*m | *n | *ŋ | |
*pʰ | *tʰ | *kʰ | |
*p | *t | *k | |
*b | *d | *g | |
*ɸ | *s | ||
*w | *ɾ | *j | *ɣ |
*i | *ʉ | *u |
*ɛ | *ɔ | |
*a |
Usher reconstructs the pronouns as:[3]
sg | du | pl | |
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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.
Ramu–Lower Sepik languages | |||||||||||||||
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Ramu |
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Nor–Pondo |