Ottilien languages

Ottilien
Geographic
distribution
New Guinea
Linguistic classification

Ramu – Lower Sepik

Glottolog wagg1235[1]

The Ottilien languages are a small family of clearly related languages,

WatamKaian, Gamei (Mbore), and BosmanAwar.

They are generally classified among the Ramu languages of northern Papua New Guinea.

Watam and Bosman share plural morphology with Lower Sepik (Nor–Pondo), supporting the Ramu – Lower Sepik language-family proposal.

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "WAG". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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