The Markham languages are a branch of the Huon Gulf languages, roughly a dozen Austronesian languages spoken in the Markham and Ramu Valleys of Madang and Morobe Provinces, Papua New Guinea. The family divides into Labu, the Lower Markham languages (including Aribwaung, Musom, Nafi, Duwet, Wampar, Silisili, Maralango and Dangal) and the Upper Markham languages (Adzera, Mari and Wampur); despite their Austronesian ancestry, many members occupy interior, mountainous territory in sustained contact with neighboring Papuan languages.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionMadang and Morobe Provinces, Papua New Guinea 2 Proto-Language Statusreconstructed by Susanne Holzknecht in 1989 2 Compare
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1. Glottolog: Markham (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 15
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Markham languages - Wikipedia
Wikipedia, Introduction
the Ramu Valley, Markham Valley and associated valley systems in the lowlands of the Madang and Morobe Provinces of Papua New Guinea
Wikipedia, Proto-language section
Proto-Markham was reconstructed by Susanne Holzknecht in 1989
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Markham
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