Mabuso languages
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The Mabuso languages are a small family
of closely related languages in New Guinea. They were linked with the Rai Coast languages
in 1951 by Arthur Capell
in his Madang
family, which Wurm (1975) included in his Trans–New Guinea (TNG) phylum. Malcolm Ross
in his 2005 classification of TNG left the internal classification of Mabuso untouched, except for placing the Kare language in its own branch. Ethnologue 16 abandoned the family, placing its four branches directly under Croisilles.
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 closely related languages in New Guinea. They were linked with the Rai Coast languages
Rai Coast languages
The Rai Coast languages are a family of languages in the Madang branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages phylum of New Guinea.Sidney Herbert Ray identified what was then known of the Rai Coast languages as a unit in 1919. They were linked with the Mabuso languages in 1951 by Arthur Capell in his...
in 1951 by Arthur Capell
Arthur Capell
Arthur Capell was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages.-Life:...
in his Madang
Madang languages
The Madang or Madang–Adelbert Range languages are the largest family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross. William Foley concurs that it is "highly likely" that the Madang languages are part of TNG. The family is named after Madang Province and the Adelbert...
family, which Wurm (1975) included in his Trans–New Guinea (TNG) phylum. 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:**...
in his 2005 classification of TNG left the internal classification of Mabuso untouched, except for placing the Kare language in its own branch. Ethnologue 16 abandoned the family, placing its four branches directly under Croisilles.
Languages
- KareKare language (Papuan)Kare is a Madang language of Papua New Guinea. It was recognized as being somewhat divergent by Malcolm Ross....
- KokonKokon languagesThe Kokon languages are a small group of closely related languages in New Guinea. Malcolm Ross in his 2005 classification of TNG left them in the Mabuso family, but this was abandoned in Ethnologue 16, which placed them directly under Croisilles....
- GumGum languagesThe Gum languages are a small group of closely related languages in New Guinea. Malcolm Ross in his 2005 classification of TNG left them in the Mabuso family, but this was abandoned in Ethnologue 16, which placed them directly under Croisilles....
- HansemanHanseman languagesThe Hanseman languages are a group of closely related languages in New Guinea. Malcolm Ross in his 2005 classification of TNG left them in the Mabuso family, but this was abandoned in Ethnologue 16, which placed them directly under Croisilles....