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gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:ethnicGroup
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gptkb:Abelam_people
gptkb:Bahinemo_people
gptkb:Iatmül_people
gptkb:Kwanga_people
gptkb:Manambu_people
gptkb:Saniyo-Hiyewe_people
gptkb:Tama_people
gptkb:Wogamus_people
gptkb:Yerakai_people
gptkb:Yimas_people
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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gptkb:Donald_Laycock
1960s
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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sepi1257
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gptkbp:hasSubgroup
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gptkb:Middle_Sepik
gptkb:Bahinemo_languages
gptkb:Kwanga_languages
gptkb:Ndu_languages
gptkb:Nor-Pondo_languages
gptkb:Saniyo-Hiyewe
gptkb:Tama_languages
gptkb:Wogamus_languages
gptkb:Yellow_River_languages
gptkb:Yerakai_languages
Ram languages
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sepik languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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xsp
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gptkbp:language
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over 50
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gptkbp:languageStatus
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many are endangered
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gptkbp:linguisticClassification
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gptkb:Papuan_languages
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gptkbp:linguisticFeature
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agglutinative morphology
SOV word order
no grammatical gender
noun classes in some languages
rich pronoun systems
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:Abelam
gptkb:Yimas
gptkb:Iatmül
gptkb:Manambu
Bisis
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gptkbp:neighboringLanguageFamilies
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gptkb:Torricelli_languages
gptkb:Lower_Sepik_languages
gptkb:Ramu_languages
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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complex verb morphology
lack of gender distinction
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Sepik_River_basin
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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Ramu languages (possible distant relation)
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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Latin script (for some languages)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Aba_(language)
gptkb:Iatmul_language
gptkb:Papuan_languages
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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