Lower Markham languages

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Lower Markham Languages
Spoken in:	Northern New Guinea
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian    Eastern Malayo-Polynesian     Oceanic      Western Oceanic       North New Guinea        Huon Gulf         Markham          Lower Markham

The family of Lower Markham languages is a subgroup of the Markham languages. It consists of 7 languages, of which Aribwatsa is now extinct.

[edit] Components

• Busu languages
  • Duwet (= Guwot, Waing)
  • Aribwatsa (= Lae, Lahe)
  • Musom
  • Nafi (= Sirak)
  • Aribwaung (= Aribwaungg, Yalu)
• Labu (= Hapa)
• Wampar

[edit] References

^ Susanne Holzknecht (1989). The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN 0-85883-394-8.