• The Yuat languages are an independent family of five Papuan languages spoken along the Yuat River in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They are an...
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  • 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...
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  • Yuat may refer to: one of the Yuat languages of Papua New Guinea one of the Upper Yuat languages of Papua New Guinea the Yuat River Yuat Rural LLG in East...
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  • three distinct languages. This was highlighted by the 2011 Noongar Dictionary, edited by Bernard Rooney, which was based on the Yuat (Juat) variety,...
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    languages spoken in the country. In 2006, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare stated that "Papua New Guinea has 832 living languages (languages...
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    The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia...
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  • language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...
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  • Sepik–Ramu languages are an obsolete language family of New Guinea linking the Sepik, Ramu, Nor–Pondo (Lower Sepik), Leonhard Schultze (Walio–Papi) and Yuat families...
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    Chambri Lakes. The eponymous (Middle) Yuat and Upper Yuat languages are spoken along the banks of the Yuat River. Yuat Rural LLG in East Sepik Province derives...
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  • them within the Grass languages, but they were not included in Foley (2005). The Koam languages are spoken next to the Yuat languages, but two groups are...
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    Madang. Timothy Usher finds that Madang is closest to the Upper Yuat River languages and other families to its west, but does not for now address whether...
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  • had included the Yuat languages, but that now seems doubtful. With no comprehensive grammar yet available for any of the Ramu languages, the Ramu group...
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  • data is from Tonson (1976). Upper Yuat languages Davies, J. and Comrie, B. "A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat". In Adams, K., Lauck, L., Miedema...
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  • Mekmek is a Yuat language of the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. It has 1,400 total speakers, according to the 2000 Papua New Guinea census....
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    the isolate Taiap, but unlike the Lower Sepik-Ramu, Yuat, and Upper Yuat families, Sepik languages distinguish masculine and feminine genders, with the...
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  • Yuat languages, Grass languages distinguish between inclusive and exclusive first person pronouns, a feature not found in most other Papuan languages...
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  • Canada Bun language, Yuat language of Papua New Guinea Bun language (Vanuatu) or Mwotlap language, an Oceanic language Sherbro language of Sierra Leone...
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  • Yuat Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. It is named after the Yuat River. The Yuat languages are spoken...
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  • Kyenele a.k.a. Miyak is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. Versions of its name include Keñele, Keyele, Kenying, Bulang, Kenen Birang, Kyenying-Barang...
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  • Arafundi Languages: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Andai, Nanubae, and Tapei. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2017-003. NewGuineaWorld Arafundi and Upper Yuat Rivers[permanent...
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    languages, phonological properties of nouns can even determine gender. Like in the Yuat and Lower Sepik-Ramu languages, nouns in Torricelli languages...
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  • languages are a proposed family of about 35 Papuan languages spoken in the Ramu and Sepik river basins of northern Papua New Guinea. These languages tend...
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  • GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Changriwa is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Changriwa village (4°20′06″S 143°44′54″E...
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  • Bernard Comrie, 1988, ‘Haruai verb structure and language classification in the Upper Yuat’. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 17: 140–160. Comrie...
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  • Bun is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village (4°24′55″S 143°51′36″E / 4.415234°S 143.859962°E / -4.415234; 143.859962...
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  • Mundugumor (Munduguma, Mundukomo) a.k.a. Biwat is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village (4°24′55″S 143°51′36″E / 4.415234°S...
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  • Davies, John and Bernard Comrie. 1985. A linguistic survey of the Upper Yuat. In: Adams et al., 275–312. Nete at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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    The Sepik Hill languages form the largest and most ramified branch of the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken along the southern...
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  • from Torricelli languages. Inclusive-exclusive first-person pronominal distinctions are also found in the Yuat languages and Grass languages. The following...
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  • Hagahai, also known as Pinai, is one of two languages of the Piawi family of New Guinea. Speakers in Enga Province use the name Pinai for all Pinai-Hagahai...
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