https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/ 2026-05-15T15:28:13+00:00 https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/ https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/papuan-plateau/mount-sisa/bedamuni?rev=1719337266&do=diff Bedamuni Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation Bedamuni (Bedamini,) or Beami (Biami,) is spoken by approximately 3,500 (1973) people living on the Papuan Plateau, east of the lowlands of the Nomad river region and west and southwest of Mount Haliago (Mount Sisa) in Papua New Guinea's Western Province. Its nearest linguistic relative is Edolo immediately across the border to the east in Southern Highlands Province; Shaw counts 55% lexicostatistical resemblance between the two but Voorhoe… text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/papuan-plateau/mount-sisa/edolo?rev=1719337266&do=diff Edolo Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation Edolo (Etolo, Etoro) is spoken by approximately 1,300 people (1998) living on the Papuan Plateau in villages ranging between 300 and 1200 meters above sea level, south of and on the southern slopes of Mount Haliago (Mount Sisa) along the Giwa and Sioa rivers and other tributaries of the Rentoul river , itself a tributary of the Strickland river, in Papua New Guinea's Hela (formerly Southern Highlands) Province, with a few villages across the b… text/html 2024-06-25T17:41:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://newguineaworld.linguistik.uzh.ch/families/trans-new-guinea/papuan-plateau/mount-sisa/start?rev=1719337266&do=diff Mount Sisa Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute Situation The Mount Sisa family consists of two closely-related languages, Bedamuni (Bedamini, Beami, Biami) and Edolo (Etolo, Etoro,) spoken on the Papuan Plateau to the west and south of Mount Haliago (Mount Sisa) on either side of the border between Papua New Guinea's Western and Hela (formerly Southern Highlands) provinces.