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The Torricelli languages are a family of about fifty languages of the northern Papua New Guinea coast, spoken by about 80,000 people. They are named after the Torricelli Mountains. The most populous and best known Torricelli language is Arapesh, with about 30,000 speakers.
The Arapesh languages are several closely related Torricelli languages of the 32,000 Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea. They are spoken in eastern Sandaun Province and northern East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Senagi languages are a small family of Papuan languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross, that had been part of Stephen Wurm's Trans–New Guinea proposal. They consist of the two languages Angor and Dera.
The Sepik or Sepik River languages are a family of some 50 Papuan languages spoken in the Sepik river basin of northern Papua New Guinea, proposed by Donald Laycock in 1965 in a somewhat more limited form than presented here. They tend to have simple phonologies, with few consonants or vowels and usually no tones.
The Busa language, also known as Odiai (Uriai), is spoken in three hamlets of northwestern Papua New Guinea. There were 244 speakers at the time of the 2000 census. One of the hamlets where Busa is spoken is Busa in Rawei ward, Green River Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
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.
Bungain is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Bungain village of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Bumbita is an Arapesh language (Torricelli) of Papua New Guinea spoken mainly by older adults, unlike other Arapesh languages. Dialects are Bonahoi, Urita, Timingir, Weril, Werir. It is spoken in 13 villages of Bumbita-Muhian Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Beli is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Akuwagel, Makarim, Mukili.
Walman is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Matthew S. Dryer and Lea Brown of the University at Buffalo are currently writing a grammar of Walman. They have also published a paper showing that the word for 'and' in Walman that connects two nouns is actually a verb, with the first conjunct as subject and the second conjunct as object.
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Yambes is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea spoken mostly by older adults. There is little data to classify it, and it is therefore left unclassified within Torricelli by Ross (2005).
Siliput, a.k.a. Maimai, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Seleput village, Mawase Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
Laeko, or Laeko-Libuat, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea.
Wiarumus, a.k.a. Mandi, is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea, spoken in a village of just under 500. Only those villagers born before ca. 1940 can speak it. It is spoken in Mandi village, Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Elepi is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Samap village of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Urimo is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Yaugiba village of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Yau is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Senim village of Tabale ward, East Wapei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.
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.
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- ↑ Aruek at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ McCormack, William C.; Wurm, Stephen A. (2011-06-15). Approaches to Language: Anthropological Issues. Walter de Gruyter. p. 259. ISBN 978-3-11-080003-6.
