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Mindjim languages

The Mindjim languages are a small family of closely related languages spoken in the Mindjim River area of Papua New Guinea. They were linked with the Rai Coast languages in 1951 by Arthur Capell in his Madang family, but separated out again by Timothy Usher.

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Mindjim
Mindjim River
Geographic
distribution
Mindjim River, Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classificationMadang
  • Central Madang
    • Mindjim
Language codes
Glottologmind1258

The Mindjim languages are a small family of closely related languages spoken in the Mindjim River area of Papua New Guinea. They were linked with the Rai Coast languages in 1951 by Arthur Capell in his Madang family, but separated out again by Timothy Usher.1

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