Kolopom languages
Encyclopedia
The Kolopom languages are a family
of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm
(1975) and of Malcolm Ross
(2005). The three Kolopom languages,
are closely related.
Language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...
of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm
Stephen Wurm
Stephen Adolphe Wurm was a Hungarian-born Australian linguist.- Biography :Wurm was born in Budapest, the second child to the German-speaking Adolphe Wurm and Hungarian-speaking Anna Novroczky, and was christened Istvan Adolphe Wurm...
(1975) and of Malcolm Ross
Malcolm Ross
Malcolm David Ross is a linguist and professor at the Australian National University. He has published work on Austronesian and Papuan languages, historical linguistics, and language contact.-External links:**...
(2005). The three Kolopom languages,
- Kimaama (Kimaghana), Riantana, Ndom,
are closely related.