The Ramu languages are a family of about thirty languages spoken in the Ramu and Keram river watersheds of western Madang Province and eastern East Sepik Province in northern Papua New Guinea. The family was first identified by John Zgraggen in 1971, and Donald Laycock linked it with the neighboring Sepik languages two years later, a connection sometimes reflected in a proposed wider Ramu-Lower Sepik grouping. Its recognized branches are Middle Ramu, Tamolan-Ataitan-Porapora, Lower Ramu, Keram and the single language Banaro.
Facts
RegionNorthern Papua New Guinea 1 Proto-Language StatusPartially reconstructed: pronouns, a partial cognate lexicon and a 7-vowel system have been reconstructed for Proto-Ramu (Ross 2005; Foley). 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Ramu Languages
WikipediaLead paragraph
The Ramu languages are a family of some thirty languages of Northern Papua New Guinea.
Pronouns section
The pronouns reconstructed by Ross (2005) for Proto-Ramu are:
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