Southern Adelbert languages explained

Southern Adelbert
Also Known As:	Sogeram and Tomul Rivers
Region:	Papua New Guinea
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Northeast New Guinea?
Fam2:	Madang
Fam3:	West Madang
Child1:	Tomul (Josephstaal)
Child2:	Sogeram (Wanang)
Glotto:	sout3148
Glottorefname:	South Adelbert

The South Adelbert or Southern Adelbert Range languages are a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea, spoken along the tributaries of the Ramu River in the watershed of the Adelbert Range.

Languages

The languages are as follows.^{[1] [2]}

• Tomul River (~ Josephstaal)
  • Osum (Utarmbung)
  • Wadaginam
  • Pomoikan: Anam (Pondoma), Anamgura (Ikundun) – Moresada
• Sogeram River (~ Wanang) (see)

In earlier classifications, such as that of Wurm, the Tomul River languages plus the Sikan languages were called "Josephstaal", while the rest of the Sogeram family was called "Wanang".

Further reading

• Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-South-Adelbert. TransNewGuinea.org.
• Z'graggen, J.A. A comparative word list of the Southern Adelbert Range languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. D-33, xvi + 113 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1980.

Notes and References

1. https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/madang-upper-yuat-river/madang/west-madang/sogeram-and-tomui-rivers New Guinea World, Sogeram and Tomul Rivers
2. Web site: Hammarström. Harald. Forke. Robert. Haspelmath. Martin. Bank. Sebastian. 2020. South Adelbert . Glottolog 4.3.