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Tonda languages
The
Tonda
languages
form a branch of the
Yam
language family
of southern
New Guinea
. There are over 10 languages.
Languages
The Tonda languages are:
;Tonda /
West
Morehead River
Arammba
Central
Morehead
River:
Anta
,
Kómnzo
,
Wára
,
Wérè
,
Kémä
,
Kánchá
Warta Thuntai
Bensbach
River
*Upper
Bensbach River
**Mblafe–Ránmo
**Ngarna–Rema
***Nggarna
***Rema
*Kanum
**Ngkolmpu: Ngkâlmpw/Ngkontar,
Bädi
**South Kanum:
Bârkâli-Smärki
,
Tämer
Notes
:
Each
terminal
bullet point
lists
a different
dialect chain
.
Ránmo is
linguistically
a
dialect
of
Mblafe
, but
Ránmo
speakers
consider their
language
to be a
separate
,
distinct
language.
Wérè is linguistically a dialect of Wára, but Wèré speakers consider their language to be a separate, distinct language.