The Nimboran languages are a small family of Papuan languages, spoken in the Grime River watershed, that had been part of Stephen Wurm's Trans–New Guinea proposal. However, when proto-Nimboran pronouns are reconstructed (*genam "I" and kom or komot "thou"), they have little resemblance to the proto-TNG pronouns *na and *ga. Usher places them in a North Papuan stock that resembles Cowan's proposal. Foley (2018) classifies the Nimboran languages separately as an independent language family. Classification The languages are: Nimboran (Grime River) East Mekwei (Moi) Gresi–Kemtuik Kemtuik Gresi West Mlap (Kuangsu) Namblong (Nimboran) Proto-language Pronouns The pronouns Ross (2005) reconstructs for proto-Nimboran are, {| class=wikitable |- | I || *genam |- | thou || *kom, komot |- | s/he || ? |} Below are pronouns in the Nimboran languages as given by Foley (2018): {| |+ Nimboran pronouns ! !! Nimboran !! Kemtuik !! Gresi !! Mlap !! Mekwei |- ! 1excl | ngo || gənam || ganam || ngam || kə ~ kat |- ! 1incl | yo || imot || || |- ! 2 | ko || mot || ko || kom || kmot |- ! 3 | no || nemot || || |} As in Kaure, pronouns are not specified for number in the Nimboran language. Basic vocabulary Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are: {| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss !! Proto-Grime River |- | head || *jaŋkaMBʉ |- | leaf/head hair || *ndɜp |- | ear || *kam[a/ɔ]; *kəni[n/ŋ] |- | eye || *namuɔ |- | tooth || *səɺiŋ; *wasəɺa[ŋ] |- | tongue || *anəmbəɺ[i/ɛ]ŋ; *mambəɺ[ɜ/ɔ]p |- | foot/leg || *masi |- | blood/red || *kin |- | seed/bone || *ndɜn |- | skin/bark || *asu[p/k] |- | breast/milk || *min |- | louse || *səna[ŋ] |- | dog || *unduɔ |- | pig || *inəmbuɔ |- | bird || *jʉ |- | egg || *səwip[i] |- | tree/wood || *ndi |- | man/male || *səɺu |- | woman || *kambuŋ; *ki |- | sun || *wɔj |- | moon || *mbanu |- | water/river || *mbu |- | fire || *kip; *kɜj |- | stone || *ndəmuɔ |- | path || *tap |- | name || *sʉ |- | eat || *ndam |- | one || *kapəɺaj[a] |- | two || *namuan |} Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: {| class="wikitable sortable" ! gloss