Middle Sepik languages

The Middle Sepik languages comprise diverse groups of Sepik languages spoken in northern Papua New Guinea. The Middle Sepik grouping is provisionally accepted by Foley (2018) based on shared innovations in pronouns, but is divided by Glottolog. They are spoken in areas surrounding the town of Ambunti in East Sepik Province.

Middle Sepik
Geographic distribution	East Sepik Province, in the Sepik River basin of Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Sepik Middle Sepik
Subdivisions	Nukuma–Tama Ndu–Yerekai
Language codes
Glottolog	None
The Sepik languages as classified by Foley (2018)

Unlike most other Sepik languages, Middle Sepik languages do not overtly mark gender on nouns, although the third-person singular pronoun does distinguish between masculine and feminine genders (e.g., Proto-Ndu *nd- '3SG.M' and *l- '3SG.F').^[1]

Languages

The languages are:^[2]

• Middle Sepik languages
  • Ma–Tama
    • Nukuma languages (see)
    • Tama languages (see)
  • Ndu–Yerekai
    • Ndu–Nggala
      • Nggala
      • Ndu languages (see)
    • Yerakai (Garamambu)