Monumbo languages
| Monumbo | |
|---|---|
| Bogia Bay | |
| Geographic distribution | Bogia Bay, Bogia District, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Torricelli
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | monu1249 |
 The Torricelli languages as classified by Foley (2018) | |
The Monumbo or Bogia Bay languages are a cluster of closely related languages that constitute a branch of the
Lower Sepik-Ramu and Sepik languages.[1]
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There are three languages: Monumbo (Mambuwan), Ngaimbom and Lilau.
Classification
They have for several decades been lumped into the Torricelli family 100 km to the west. Foley (2018) and Usher both classify them as Torricelli, based on unpublished comparisons.[1] "No evidence [for this] was ever presented" publicly, according to Glottolog.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ Glottolog: Monumbo