| Middle Sepik | |
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| Geographic distribution | East Sepik Province, in theSepik River basin ofPapua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Sepik
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None |
 The Sepik languages as classified byFoley (2018) | |
TheMiddle Sepik languages comprise diverse groups ofSepik languages spoken in northernPapua New Guinea. The Middle Sepik grouping is provisionally accepted by Foley (2018) based on shared innovations in pronouns, but is divided byGlottolog. They are spoken in areas surrounding the town ofAmbunti inEast Sepik Province.
Unlike most other Sepik languages, Middle Sepik languages do not overtly mark gender on nouns, although the third-person singular pronoun does distinguish between masculine and feminine genders (e.g., Proto-Ndu *nd-'3SG.M' and *l-'3SG.F').[1]
The languages are:[2]