Upper Yuat languages

rdf:langString Upper Yuat languages

rdf:langString Upper Yuat

rdf:langString Upper Yuat River

rdf:langString Madang – Upper Yuat

rdf:langString Northeast New Guinea and/or Trans–New Guinea

rdf:langString Upper Yuat River watershed, Papua New Guinea

rdf:langString The Upper Yuat languages consist of two small language families, namely Arafundi and Piawi, spoken in the region of the upper Yuat River of New Guinea. The connection was first suggested by William A. Foley and confirmed by Timothy Usher, who further links them to the Madang languages. Upper Yuat languages display more typological similarities with Trans-New Guinea than the other neighboring language families of the Sepik-Ramu basin (namely the Lower Sepik-Ramu and Yuat families). The Madang languages are frequently included in Trans–New Guinea classifications, but the connection is not yet demonstrated. The Piawi languages are morphologically much simpler than the Arafundi languages.

rdf:langString Papuan

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