Lower Mamberamo languages
| Lower Mamberamo | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | mouth of the Mamberamo River, New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian, or a primary language family ("Papuan") |
| Proto-language | Proto-Lower Mamberamo |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | lowe1409 |
The Lower Mamberamo languages are a recently proposed language family linking two languages spoken along the northern coast of Papua province, Indonesia, near the mouth of the Mamberamo River. They have various been classified either as heavily Papuanized Austronesian languages belonging to the SHWNG branch, or as Papuan languages that had undergone heavy Austronesian influence. Glottolog 3.4 classifies Lower Mamberamo as Austronesian, while Donohue classifies it as Papuan. Kamholz (2014) classifies Warembori and Yoke each as coordinate primary subgroups of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages.