- Source: Marienberg languages
The Marienberg or Marienberg Hills languages are a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in a mountainous stretch of region located between the towns of Wewak and Angoram in the Marienberg Hills of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
Kamasau is the best documented Marienberg language.
Typology
Marienberg languages distinguish masculine and feminine genders, with feminine being the default unmarked gender.
Unlike all other Torricelli branches except for the Monumbo languages, word order in the Bogia languages is SOV, likely due to contact with Lower Sepik-Ramu and Sepik languages.: 298
Languages
Foley (2018) provides the following classification, based primarily on morphological evidence.
Buna, Blabla (Elapi / Samap)
Kamasau
Bungain
Muniwara, Urimo, Mandi (Wiarumus)
There is also Forok, labeled as a variety of Bungain in survey vocabularies.
Pronouns
Pronouns in selected Marienberg Hill languages:: 304
References
Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Marienberg languages
- Mariënberg
- Marienberg
- Marienberg (disambiguation)
- Torricelli languages
- Forok language
- Marienberg, Papua New Guinea
- Buna language
- Marienberg Hills
- Bungain language
