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{{Infobox language family
|name=Middle Sepik
|region=East Sepik Province, in the Sepik River basin of Papua New Guinea
|familycolor=Papuan
|fam1=[[Social:Sepik languages|Sepik]]
|child1=[[Social:Ndu languages|Ndu]]
|child2=Nukuma
|child3=''Yerakai''
|child4=Yellow River
|map=Sepik_as_classified_by_William_A._Foley.svg
|mapcaption=The Sepik languages as classified by Foley (2018)
|glotto=
|glottorefname=
}}

The '''Middle Sepik languages''' comprise diverse groups of [[Social:Sepik languages|Sepik languages]] spoken in northern Papua New Guinea. The Middle Sepik grouping is provisionally accepted by Foley (2018) based on shared innovations in pronouns, but is split up by ''Glottolog''. They are spoken in areas surrounding the town of Ambunti in East Sepik Province.

Unlike most other Sepik languages, Middle Sepik languages do not overtly mark gender on nouns, although the third-person singular pronoun does distinguish between masculine and feminine genders (e.g., Proto-[[Social:Ndu languages|Ndu]] *nd- ‘3sg.m’ and *l- ‘3sg.f’).<ref name="Foley-Sepik"/>

==Languages==
Languages are:<ref name="Foley-Sepik">{{cite book |last=Foley |first=William A. |editor1-last=Palmer |editor1-first=Bill |date=2018 |title=The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide |chapter=The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs |series= The World of Linguistics |volume=4 |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |pages=197-432 |isbn=978-3-11-028642-7}}</ref>

*'''[[Social:Ndu languages|Ndu languages]]''': Gala, Manambu, Kaunga (Yelogu), Sawos, Iatmul (Nyaura), Ambulas (Abelam), Boiken
*'''Nukuma languages''': Kwoma (Washkuk); Mende, Kwanga
*Yerakai (Garamambu)
*'''Yellow River languages''': Namia (Namie), [[Social:Ak language|Ak]], Awun

==Pronouns==
Middle Sepik pronouns:<ref name="Foley-Sepik"/>{{rp|241}}
:{| {{table}}
! pronoun !! Manambu !! Kwoma !! Yerakai !! Namia
|-
! 1sg
| wun || an || ana || ona
|-
! 2sg.m
| mɨn || mɨ || mun || am
|-
! 2sg.f
| ɲɨn || ni || nen || ne
|-
! 3sg.m
| ndɨ || rɨ || dit || lo-ko
|-
! 3sg.f
| lɨ || sɨ || sis || e-ko
|-
! 1du
| an || si || tet || era
|-
! 2du
| mbɨr || ki || mbot || awa-pli
|-
! 3du
| mbɨr || pɨr || ŋgit || la-pli-ko
|-
! 1pl
| ɲan || no || no-m || ema
|-
! 2pl
| ŋgwur || kwo || ŋgo-m || wa-m
|-
! 3pl
| ndɨy || ye || lal || lo-m-ko
|}

Middle Sepik pronominal innovations:<ref name="Foley-Sepik"/>
*second/third person dual pronoun *(m)pri
*second person plural pronoun *(ŋ)kwV, although this could have been inherited from Proto-Sepik *ko (2PL) as well

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{Malcolm Ross Pronouns}}

[[Category:Proposed language families]]

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