The Brahman languages, Biyom and

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, form a subbranch of the

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branch of the

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of Papua New Guinea. The family is named after the cattle station and town of

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, which lies between the territories of the two languages.

Genetic relations

John Z'graggen (1971, 1975) classified four languages as Brahman, Biyom,

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, Isabi,

.Brahman
, in the 15th edition of ''Ethnologue'' Ross (2005) broke up Brahman, placing Faita among the Sogeram languages (another sub-branch of Madang) and Isabi among the unrelated Goroka languages – a position followed by Usher (2018).

References

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