Foja Range languages

They are named after the Foja Mountains of western New Guinea.All the languages had been part of Stephen Wurm's 1975 Trans–New Guinea proposal, but he did not recognize them as a unit, retaining Kwerba within Capell's 1962 Dani–Kwerba proposal, for example.Foley (2018) classifies the Orya–Tor and Kwerbic languages together, as Tor–Kwerba.[1] Usher (2020) adds Nimboran and Mawes, naming the expanded family Foja Range, after the Foja mountain range[2] that passes through all four branches of the family.[1] Reconstructed proto-Tor-Kwerba independent pronouns are:[1] Reconstructed proto-Tor-Kwerba words that are widely distributed throughout the family (Foley 2018):[1]
New GuineaLinguistic classificationNorthwest PapuanOrya–TorGreater KwerbaNimboranISO 639-3GlottologfamilyPapuan languagesFoja Mountainswestern New GuineaStephen WurmTrans–New GuineaDani–KwerbaFoja mountain rangeWest Foja RangeIsirawaKapauri–SauseApauwar CoastKwerbagrammatical genderIndonesian orthographyspelling reformRoss, MalcolmAndrew PawleyPapuan language familiesTrans-New GuineaOk-OksapminAsmat-KamoroPaniai LakesWest BomberaiSomahaiGreater AwyuKayagaricKolopomMaroriPapua New GuineaGogodala-SukiTurama-KikoriKiwaianAwin-PaMadangFinisterre-HuonKainantu-GorokaChimbu-WahgiEnga-Kewa-HuliBosaviEast StricklandKutubuDuna-BogayaPapuan PeninsulaGreater BinandereanMailuanKoiarianGoilalanYarebanKwaleanManubaranNusantaraTimor-Alor-PantarNorth HalmaheraTamboraBird's Head PeninsulaSouth Bird's HeadNuclear South Bird's HeadInanwatan–DuriankereKonda–YahadianEast Bird's HeadNuclear East Bird's HeadHatam–MansimWest Bird's HeadMaybratTanah MerahTor-KwerbaLakes PlainBorderEast Cenderawasih BayPauwasiSentaniMairasiLepki-MurkimSenagiTofanma-NamlaAbinomnBurmesoElsengKapauriKembraMassepBayono-AwbonoUhunduniTorricelliLower Sepik-RamuLower SepikKwomtariLeonhard SchultzeUpper YuatArafundiLeft MayAmto-MusanMarienbergArapeshMaimaiMonumboMiddle SepikNukumaYellow RiverYerakaiUpper SepikWogamusSepik HillLower RamuOttilienMisegianMiddle RamuTamolanAtaitanGulf of PapuaPahoturi RiverElemanOriomoTeberanDoso-TurumsaKomolomYelmek-MaklewDibiyasoKaki AeKamulaKaramiPawaiaPoromePurariBismarck ArchipelagoSolomon IslandsBainingNorth BougainvilleSouth BougainvilleCentral SolomonsButam-TaulilMakolkolRossel IslandYélî DnyeWest PapuanSouth PauwasiEast PapuanSoutheast PapuanPapuan GulfBinanderean–GoilalanArai–SamaiaAsmat–MombumTrans-Fly–Bulaka RiverTrans-FlyEast Bird's Head – SentaniKwomtari–FasLeft May – KwomtariTor–Kwerba–NimboranWest Trans–New GuineaWest Papuan HighlandsCentral and South New GuineaCentral West New GuineaEast New Guinea HighlandsYele – West New BritainSepik–RamuIndo-PacificProto-languageProto-Trans–New GuineaPrimary language familiesAfricaAfroasiaticAustronesianKhoe–KwadiNiger–CongoNilo-SaharanSonghayUbangianBangimeSandaweEuropeAustroasiaticChukotko-KamchatkanDravidianEskaleutGreat AndamaneseHmong–MienHurro-UrartianIndo-EuropeanJaponicKartvelianKoreanicKra–DaiMongolicNortheast CaucasianNorthwest CaucasianSino-TibetanTungusicTurkicTyrsenianUralicYeniseianYukaghirDigaroHrusishKho-BwaMijiicPuroikSiangicBasqueBurushaskiElamiteHatticKenaboiKusundaMinoanNihaliRutulianShompenSumerianthe PacificBulaka RiverChimbu–WahgiDemta–SentaniDoso–TurumsaEast Geelvink BayEast New BritainKaure–KosareKutubuanLower MamberamoSenu RiverTurama–KikorianAustraliaArnhem/Macro-GunwinyguanBunubanDarwin RegionEastern DalyEastern TasmanianGarawanIwaidjanJarrakanMarrku–WurruguMirndiNorthern TasmanianNortheastern TasmanianNyulnyulanPama–NyunganSouthern DalyTangkicWagaydyicWestern DalyWestern TasmanianWorrorranYangmanicWagimanGiimbiyuMalak-MalakNorthAmericaCaddoanChimakuanChinookanChumashanComecrudanCoosanIroquoianKalapuyanMaiduanMuskogeanNa-DenePalaihnihanPlateau PenutianPomoanSalishanShastanSiouanTanoanTsimshianicUto-AztecanWakashanWintuanYukianYuman–CochimíChimarikoEsselenKutenaiSiuslawTakelmaTimucuaTonkawaWaikuriYokutsMesoamericaChibchanJicaqueanLencanMisumalpanMixe–ZoqueOto-MangueanTequistlatecanTotonacanXincanCuitlatecTarascan/PurépechaSouthAmericaAndoque–UrequenaArauanAraucanianArawakanArutani–SapeAymaranBarbacoanCahuapananCaribanCatacaoanChapacuranCharruanChonanGuaicuruanGuajiboanHarákmbut–KatukinanJirajaranJivaroanKatembri–TarumaMascoianMatacoanNadahupNambikwaranOtomákoanPano-TacananPeba–YaguanQuechuanPiaroa–SalibanTicuna–YuriTimoteanTiniguanTucanoanTupianUru–ChipayaWitotoanYanomamanZamucoanZaparoanBora-WitotoChimuanEsmeralda–YaruroHibito–CholónLule–VilelaMacro-JêTequiraca–CanichanaAikanãAlacalufanCamsáCandoshiChimaneChiquitanoCofánFulniôGuatóHodï/JotiIrantxeItonamaMovimaMura-PirahãPuinaveHuaorani/WaoraniTrumaiUrarinaYamanaYuracaréSignlanguagesBANZSLChineseFrancosignGermanosignIndo-PakistaniJapaneseOriginal ThaiSwedishTanzanianlist of sign languagesConstructed languagesCreolesLanguage isolatesMixed languagesPidginsUnclassified languagesTor–Kwerba languagesBonerifJofotek-BromnyaKeijarKwestenKwinsuMaremgiKwerbicAiroranBagusaKauweraKwerba MamberamoSamarokenaTrimurisKemtuikMekwei