Harsunan Sepik na Ƙananan

Harshen Lower Sepik a.k.a. Harshen Nor-Pondo ƙananan yare ne na lardin East Sepik a arewacin Papua New Guinea . K Laumann ne ya gano su a matsayin iyali a cikin 1951 a ƙarƙashin sunan Nor-Pondo, kuma an haɗa su a cikin iyalin Sepik-Ramu na 1973 na Donald Laycock.

 Rarraba 
Tunanin asali na iyali, a ƙarƙashin sunan Nor-Pondo, kamar haka:

Malcolm Ross (2005) ya rushe reshen Nor (kuma don haka ya sake sunan iyalin Lower Sepik) saboda Murik ba ya raba halayen /p / s na sunayen mutum na farko da na biyu na Kopar da yarukan Pondo, don haka na ƙarshe na iya zama rukuni: Murik vs Kopar-Pondo. Ross ya rarraba Lower Sepik a matsayin reshe ɗaya na dangin yaren Ramu-Lower Sepik.

Foley (2005) ya ba da shawarar cewa Chambri da Angoram na iya zama rassa na farko: Nor, Chambari, Karawari-Yimas, Angoram. Usher, yana bin Foley, ya kiyaye Nor tare kuma ya raba Pondo. Babu wanda ya yarda da alaƙar da ke tsakanin su da Ramu.

 Foley (2018) da Usher (2020) 
Foley (2018) da Usher (2020) sun yarda da wannan rarrabuwa.

Foley ya lura cewa Angoram ya bayyana yana kusa da Murik-Kopar, kuma Chambri zuwa Karawari-Yimas, amma Foley (2018: 213) ya bar su a matsayin rassa daban-daban suna jiran ƙarin shaida.

 Fasahar sauti 
Sai dai ga Yimas-Karawari, yarukan Lower Sepik yawanci suna da tsarin sautuna shida masu zuwa.
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