Northern Adelbert languages
The Northern Adelbert or Pihom–Isumrud languages are a family of twenty languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea. The occupy the coastal northern Adelbert Range of mountains directly opposite Karkar Island, as opposed to the Southern Adelbert languages, another branch of Madang.
| Northern Adelbert | |
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| Adelbert Range – Isumrud Strait Pihom–Isumrud | |
| Geographic distribution | Adelbert Range, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Northeast New Guinea?
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| Glottolog | grea1298 (Greater Northern Adelbert) croi1234 (Croisilles) |
Malcolm Ross posited a "linkage" connecting the Northern Adelbert languages with the Mabuso languages, and named this group Croisilles /krɔɪˈsɪlz/, as the two families bracket Cape Croisilles (Northern Adelbert to the north, Mabuso to the south). However, Ross never claimed Croisilles was an actual language family, and other researchers have rejected the connection.
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