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Sepik–Ramu languages

The Sepik–Ramu languages are an obsolete language family of New Guinea linking the Sepik, Ramu, Nor–Pondo, Leonhard Schultze (Walio–Papi) and Yuat families, together with the Taiap language isolate, and proposed by Donald Laycock and John Z'graggen in 1975.

Classification
Ethnologue This list is a mirror of the classification in Ethnologue 15. • Sepik–Ramu phylum (based on Laycock 1973) • Taiap isolate • Leonhard Schultze stock • Walio family (4 languages) • Papi family (2 languages) • Nor–Pondo stock (6 languages) • Ramu subphylum (37 languages) • Ramu superstock (29 languages) • Grass stock (5 languages) • Arafundi family (2 languages) • Annaberg stock (3 languages) • Ruboni stock (8 languages) • Ottilien family • Misegian family • Goam stock (11 languages) • Ataitan family • Tamolan family • Yuat–Langam superstock (13 languages) • Mongol–Langam family • Yuat–Maramba stock • Maramba isolate (unattested) • Yuat family • Sepik subphylum (50 languages) [see subclassification at that article] Foley (2018) Uncontroversially coherent subgroups accepted by Foley (2018) are: • Sepik (11 groups) • Ndu (Middle Sepik?) • Nukuma (Middle Sepik?) • Yerakai (Middle Sepik?) • Yellow River (Middle Sepik?) • TamaSepik HillRamWogamus (Upper Sepik?) • Iwam (Upper Sepik?) • Abau (Upper Sepik?) • AmalRamu (5 groups) • Middle RamuTamolanAtaitan (Tanggu) • OttilienMisegianGrassLower SepikLeonhard Schultze (Walio-Papi)WalioPapiYuatTaiap ==Lexical comparison==
Lexical comparison
Below is a comparison of proto-Ndu, proto-Lower Sepik, and proto-Ottilien reconstructed by and listed in Foley (2005). : Due to its highly divergent lexicon, Foley does not classify Sepik with Lower Sepik and Ramu. ==See also==
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