Lower Markham languages
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The seven Lower Markham languages form a group of Austronesian languages
in northern Papua New Guinea
. Aribwatsa
is now extinct.
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia that are spoken by about 386 million people. It is on par with Indo-European, Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic and Uralic as one of the...
in northern Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. Aribwatsa
Aribwatsa language
Aribwatsa, also known as Lae or Lahe, is an extinct member of the Busu subgroup of Lower Markham languages in the area of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Descendents of the Aribwatsa language community have mostly switched to the Bukawa language, which is spoken all along the north coast of...
is now extinct.
Components
- Busu languagesBusu languagesThe five Busu languages form a group of Austronesian languages in the Markham Valley of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.-Components:*Duwet *Aribwatsa *Musom*Nafi *Aribwaung -References:...
- DuwetDuwet languageDuwet, also known as Guwot or Waing, is an aberrant member of the Busu subgroup of Lower Markham languages in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea...
(= Guwot, Waing) - AribwatsaAribwatsa languageAribwatsa, also known as Lae or Lahe, is an extinct member of the Busu subgroup of Lower Markham languages in the area of Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Descendents of the Aribwatsa language community have mostly switched to the Bukawa language, which is spoken all along the north coast of...
(= Lae, Lahe) - Musom
- Nafi (= Sirak)
- Aribwaung (= Aribwaungg, Yalu)
- Duwet
- LabuLabu languageLabu is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,600 people in three older villages and one new one across the Markham River from Lae in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea....
(= Hapa) - Wampar