The Ndu languages are the best known family of the Sepik languages of East Sepik Province in northern Papua New Guinea. Ndu is the word for man in the languages that make up this group. The languages were first identified as a related family by Kirschbaum in 1922.
Facts
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionEast Sepik Province, in the Sepik River basin of Papua New Guinea 2 Proto-Language StatusReconstructed (proto-Ndu, Foley 2005) 2 Compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Ndu (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 13
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Ndu languages
Infobox, region
East Sepik Province, in the Sepik River basin of Papua New Guinea
Lexicon
A phonological reconstruction of proto-Ndu has been proposed by Foley (2005).
Lead section
A diagnostic innovative feature in the Ndu languages ... with proto-Ndu *an ~ *na
View the SourceWikidata: Ndu languages
Wikidata Q3217498, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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