Monumbo languages

The Monumbo or Bogia Bay languages are a pair of closely related languages that constitute a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in a few coastal villages around Bogia Bay of Bogia District, Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. Unlike all other Torricelli branches except for the Marienberg languages, word order in the Bogia languages is SOV, likely due to contact with Lower Sepik-Ramu and Sepik languages.[1]:298

Monumbo
Bogia Bay
Geographic
distribution		Bogia Bay, Bogia District, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classificationTorricelli
  • Sepik Coast
    • Monumbo
Subdivisions
Glottologmonu1249
The Torricelli languages as classified by Foley (2018)

There are two languages,

Monumbo (Mambuwan) and Lilau

Classification

They have for several decades been lumped into the Torricelli family 100 km to the west, but "no evidence [for this] was ever presented" according to Glottolog.[2] Foley (2018) classifies the Monumbo languages as Torricelli.[1]

References
  1. 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. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
  2. Glottolog: Monumbo
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