Morehead and Upper Maro River Languages

Morehead And Upper Maro River Languages

The Morehead and Upper Maro River languages are a family of Papuan languages. They include many of the languages west of the Fly River in southern Papua New Guinea into southern Indonesian West Papua, specifically near the Morehead and Maro rivers. Ross (2005) tentatively includes them in the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family.

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