Ram languages
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Geographic
distributioncentral Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
distributioncentral Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
| Ram | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | central Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Sepik
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | ramm1241 |
 The Sepik languages as classified by Foley (2018) | |
The Ram languages are a small group of 3 languages spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. They are spoken directly to the northeast of the Yellow River languages and directly to the south of the Wapei languages, both of which are also Sepik groups. Ram is the word for 'man' in the languages that make up this group.
The languages are,[1]
They are classified among the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea.
Awtuw is the best documented Ram language.
The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-Ram are:[2]
I *wan we two (*na-n) we *na-m thou *yɨ-n you two (*yɨ-n/*a-n) you *yɨ-m/*a-m he *ra (*atə-) they two (*ra-p, *atə-) they (*ra-m, *atə-m) she (*ta-i)