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Ndu

13 languages

Ndu is a language family of 13 languages; the most are spoken in Papua New Guinea.

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SawosicAmbulas-Hanga-HundiManambu-YalakuOther shapes

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.

Along with the Arapesh languages, Ndu languages are among the best documented languages in the Sepik basin, with comprehensive grammars available for many languages.

A diagnostic innovative feature in the Ndu languages is the replacement of the proto-Sepik pronoun *wun ‘I’ with proto-Ndu *an ~ *na.

From Wikipedia · Ndu languages · CC BY-SA 4.0

All languages in the family

Nuclear Ndu11
Sawosic7
Iatmulic3
Burui-Gaikundi2
Ambulas-Hanga-Hundi2
Manambu-Yalaku2

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