The Marienberg or Marienberg Hills languages are a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in a mountainous stretch of region located between the towns of Wewak and Angoram in the Marienberg Hills of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
| Marienberg | |
|---|---|
| Marienberg Hills | |
| Geographic distribution | Marienberg Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Torricelli
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | mari1433 |
 The Torricelli languages as classified by Foley (2018) | |
Typology
editMarienberg languages distinguish masculine and feminine genders, with feminine being the default unmarked gender.[1]
Unlike all other Torricelli branches except for the Monumbo languages, word order in the Bogia languages is SOV, likely due to contact with Lower Sepik-Ramu and Sepik languages.[1]: 298
Languages
editFoley (2018) provides the following classification, based primarily on morphological evidence.[1]
There is also Forok, labeled as a variety of Bungain in survey vocabularies.
Pronouns
editPronouns in selected Marienberg Hill languages:[1]: 304
References
edit- Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.