The Senagi languages are a small family of Papuan languages consisting of just two languages, Angor and Dera, spoken in the Amanab Rural area of Sandaun Province in Papua New Guinea and across the border in Keerom Regency, Indonesia. Linguist Malcolm Ross classified Senagi as an independent family, after Stephen Wurm had earlier included it within his broader Trans-New Guinea proposal.
Facts
RegionAmanab Rural LLG of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, and across the border in Keerom Regency, Indonesia. 1 Proto-Language StatusOnly partial reconstruction exists: the first-person pronoun is reconstructed as proto-Senagi *wan, but no fuller proto-Senagi lexicon or phoneme inventory is reported. 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Senagi languages
WikipediaIntroduction, third paragraph
In Papua New Guinea, they are spoken in Amanab Rural LLG of Sandaun Province. They are also spoken across the border in Keerom Regency, Indonesia.
Classification section
The pronoun for "I" is reconstructed as *wan for both proto-Senagi and proto-Sepik
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