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Inland Gulf languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
New Guinea

Glottolog:
  
inla1262

Subdivisions:
  
Ipiko Minanibai

Inland Gulf languages

Linguistic classification:
  
Trans–New Guinea Inland Gulf

The Inland Gulf languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and Malcolm Ross (2005). The unity of the languages was established by K. Franklin in 1969. Although the family as a whole is clearly valid, Ipiko is quite distinct from the other languages.

  • Inland Gulf family
  • Ipiko language
  • Minanibai branch: Minanibai (Foia Foia), Mubami (Tao), Karami, Hoia Hoia (Hoyahoya)

    • Pronouns for the Minanibai branch are:

    Ipiko only reflects 1pl *ni.

    References

    Inland Gulf languages Wikipedia
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