Misegian languages explained

Misegian
Also Known As:	Mikarew Ruboni Range
Region:	Ruboni Range, Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam2:	Ramu proper
Fam3:	Lower Ramu
Glotto:	kire1239
Glottorefname:	Ruboni

The Misegian, also known as Mikarew or Ruboni Range languages, are a small family of clearly related languages,

Giri, Sepen, and Mikarew (Aruamu).They are generally classified among the Ramu languages of northern Papua New Guinea. The Misegian languages are all spoken in Yawar Rural LLG, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.^{[1] [2]}

Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:^[3]

m	n		ŋ
pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
p	t		k
b	d		g
ɸ	s
w	ɾ	j	ɣ

i	ʉ	u
ɛ		ɔ
	a

Pronouns

Usher reconstructs the pronouns as:^[3]

	sg	du	pl
1	[k/g][ɔ/u], naŋ	[ŋ]ka	aia
2	n[ɔ/u]	[ŋ]kɔa	nɛ
3	a(-na)	mani	mɛ

As of 2020, these are tagged for revision.

External links

• Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Proto–Ruboni Range

Notes and References

1. Web site: Papua New Guinea languages . Ethnologue

   Languages of the World

   . 22nd . Eberhard . David M. . Simons . Gary F. . Fennig . Charles D. . 2019 . Dallas . SIL International.
2. Web site: Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup . United Nations in Papua New Guinea . Humanitarian Data Exchange . 1.31.9 . 2018.
3. https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/keram-and-ramu-rivers/ramu-river/lower-ramu-river/ruboni-range New Guinea World, Ruboni Range