Brahman languages

{{Infobox language family

|name=Brahman

|acceptance=Biyom–Tauya

|region=Brahman, Papua New Guinea

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Madang

|fam2=Rai Coast

|fam3=Brahman – Peka River

|glotto=none

}}

The Brahman languages, Biyom and Tauya, form a subbranch of the Rai Coast branch of the Madang languages of Papua New Guinea. The family is named after the cattle station and town of Brahman, which lies between the territories of the two languages.

Genetic relations

John Z'graggen (1971, 1975) classified four languages as Brahman, Biyom, Faita, Isabi, Tauya.[http://archive.ethnologue.com/15/show_family.asp?subid=91600 Brahman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022618/http://archive.ethnologue.com/15/show_family.asp?subid=91600 |date=2016-03-04 }}, in the 15th edition of Ethnologue

Ross (2005) broke up Brahman, placing Faita among the Sogeram languages (another sub-branch of Madang) and Isabi among the unrelated Goroka languages – a position followed by Usher (2018).

References

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{{Madang languages}}

Category:Rai Coast languages

Category:Languages of Papua New Guinea

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