Southern Adelbert languages

Southern Adelbert
Geographic distribution:	New Guinea
Linguistic classification:	Trans–New Guinea Madang Southern Adelbert
Glottolog:	sout3148[1]

The South Adelbert or Southern Adelbert Range languages are a family of languages in the Madang branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages of New Guinea.

Languages

The languages are as follows. The classification of Segeram is that of Daniels (2012).

• Pomoikan family: Osum (Utarmbung), Wadaginam, Anam (Pondoma), Anamgura (Ikundun), Moresada
• Sogeram
  • East: Faita (Kulsab), Musak (Aisi)
  • West: Atemble, Nend (Angaua), ?Gants
  • Central
    • Sikan: Mum (Katiati), Sileibi, Magɨyi?
    • Paynamar (Manat), Apali (Emerum)

Footnotes

1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "South Adelbert". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

References

• 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. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.