Marienberg languages
The Marienberg or Marienberg Hills languages are a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in a mountainous stretch of region located between the towns of Wewak and Angoram in the Marienberg Hills of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
| Marienberg | |
|---|---|
| Marienberg Hills | |
| Geographic distribution | Marienberg Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Torricelli
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| Glottolog | mari1433[1] |
 The Torricelli languages as classified by Foley (2018) | |
Typology
Marienberg languages distinguish masculine and feminine genders, with feminine being the default unmarked gender.[2]
Unlike all other Torricelli branches except for the Monumbo languages, word order in the Bogia languages is SOV, likely due to contact with Lower Sepik-Ramu and Sepik languages.[2]:298
Languages
Foley (2018) provides the following classification, based primarily on morphological evidence.[2]
Pronouns
Pronouns in selected Marienberg Hill languages:[2]:304
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Marienberg". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
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