Papi languages
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| Papi | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: | Sepik River basin, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification: |
Sepik
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| Subdivisions: | |
| Ethnologue code: | 17-2465 |
The Papi languages are a small family of clearly two related though somewhat distant languages of northern Papua New Guinea, Papi and Suarmin. Donald Laycock (1973) classified them as part of a Walio–Papi, aka Leonhard Schultze, branch of his Sepik–Ramu proposal. Malcolm Ross (2005) breaks up Walio–Papi, and suggests that the Papi languages may instead be part of the Sepik Hill branch of the (now Sepik) family.
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.
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