Bahinemo languages

Bahinemo
Bahinemo
Central Sepik Hill
Geographic; distribution	Sepik River basin, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Sepik Sepik Hill Bahinemo; ;
Language codes
Glottolog	cent2234

Last updated January 02, 2026

The Bahinemo languages are a small family of closely related languages of northern Papua New Guinea. The languages are:

Bitara (Berinomo), Bahinemo (Gahom), Nigilu, Wagu
Mari, Bisis, Kapriman (Sare) – Watakataui, Sumariup.

They are classified among the Sepik Hill languages of the Sepik family.

References

Ross, Malcolm (2005). "Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 15–66. doi:10.15144/PL-572. ISBN 0858835622. OCLC 67292782.

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Bahinemo
Central Sepik Hill
Geographic distribution	Sepik River basin, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Sepik Sepik Hill Bahinemo
Language codes
Glottolog	`cent2234`