Turama–Kikorian languages
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| Turama–Kikorian | |
|---|---|
| Rumu – Omati River | |
| Geographic distribution | New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Papuan Gulf ?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | tura1263[1] |
 Map: The Turama–Kikorian languages of New Guinea
The Turama–Kikorian languages
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
The Turama–Kikorian languages are a family identified by Arthur Capell (1962) and part of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) family in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and Malcolm Ross (2005).
The four languages are clearly related, though Rumu is divergent. Ross states that Rumu links the other (Turama) languages to TNG.
References[edit]
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Turama–Kikori". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.
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