Ram languages
Introduction The '''Ram languages''' are a small group of 3 languages spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. They are spoken directly to the northeast of the Yellow River languages and directly to the south of the Wapei languages, both of which are also Sepik groups. ''Ram'' is the word for 'man' in the languages that make up this group.The languages are, *Awtuw*Karawa–Pouye**Karawa**Pouye (Bouye)They are classified among the Sepik languages of northern Papua New Guinea.Awtuw is the best documented Ram language.
Pronouns The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto-Ram are:: '''I'''  ''*wan''  '''we two'''  ''(*na-n)''  '''we'''  ''*na-m'' '''thou'''  ''*yɨ-n''  '''you two'''  ''(*yɨ-n/*a-n)''  '''you'''  ''*yɨ-m/*a-m'' '''he'''  ''*ra (*atə-)'' '''they two''' ''(*ra-p, *atə-)'' '''they''' ''(*ra-m, *atə-m)'' '''she'''  ''(*ta-i)''
Vocabulary comparison The following basic vocabulary words are from Laycock (1968) and Foley (2005), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database:: gloss  Awtuw  Karawa  Pouye head makəlak  moulaka  nouraka ear maːna; nane  maklaka  maroalaka eye new; nü  noulaka  nowar nose witil; wutil  waklaka  wolokə tooth pilak; piylake  pilaka  piyapa tongue lale; laːlə  laləpi  laləmu leg riiwe; riwe  lalə  lalə louse nin  nipia  nipikəm dog piːrən; piyren  nəpay  aukwə pig yaw     bird yi  awra  yio egg paŋkə; wate  waːtə  warə blood aipi  eipi  aywi bone lake; lakər  lakə  lakə skin yai  mouwil  nəpyei breast muy; mwi  məy  muy tree tau; taw  tau  tau man rame; ramiyan  yaŋkai  lamo woman taləran  telou  tʔlum sun mæy; may  may  taliyə moon yelmek; yilmake  yalma  yalma water yiw; yüw  you  you fire tapo; tapwo  tapo  tapo stone til  tidi  tɨl name yenyiy     eat ra     one naydowo     two yikir  yikəramo  yikən
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