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Misegian languages

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The Misegian, also known as Mikarew or Ruboni Range languages, are a small family of clearly related languages,

Giri, Sepen, and Mikarew (Aruamu).
Quick Facts Geographic distribution, Linguistic classification ...

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]

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Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:[3]

*m*n
*pʰ*tʰ*kʰ
*p*t*k
*b*d*g
*s
*w*j
*i*u
*a

Pronouns

Usher reconstructs the pronouns as:[3]

More information sg, du ...

As of 2020, these are tagged for revision.

References

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