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Sepik Hill languages
Sepik language branch of Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sepik Hill languages form the largest and most ramified branch of the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken along the southern margin of the Sepik floodplain in the foothills of Central Range of south-central East Sepik Province.
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The languages according to Usher (2020) are,[1]
- Sepik Hills
- Saniyo-Hiyewe
- Southwest Sepik Hills: Niksek (Paka, Gabiano), Piame, Hewa
- Bahinemo–Berinomo
- East Sepik Hills (Alamblak etc.)
The languages according to Foley (2018) are:[2]
- Sepik Hill
- Eastern (Alamblak etc.)
- Central (Bahinemo etc.)
- Western: Saniyo-Hiyewe, Paka (Setiali), Gabiano (Niksek), Piame, Bikaru,[clarification needed] Umairof, Hewa
Other than disagreement at to what is a language or a dialect (Glottolog, for example, concludes that the 'Bikaru' language is probably spurious, and doesn't list Umairof at all), the only difference from Usher is in combining Sanio with the Southwest Sepik Hills languages as a Western branch.
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Pronouns
Pronouns in Sepik Hill languages:[2]
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The following basic vocabulary words are from Davies & Comrie (1985),[3] Dye et al. (1968),[4] Foley (2005),[5] Macdonald (1973),[6] and various SIL field notes, as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database.[7]
The words cited constitute translation equivalents, whether they are cognate (e.g. ɲinga, ningaw, nikha for “eye”) or not (e.g. wabo, nuŋgař, yerɛpm for “bird”).
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