The Left May or Arai languages are a small language family of half a dozen closely related but not mutually intelligible languages in the centre of New Guinea, along the left bank of the May River. There are about 1600 speakers in all. The languages are Rocky Peak (Yinibu), Nakwi, Iteri, Bo, Ama, Nimo, and Owiniga. These languages neighbor the Amto-Musan languages, but do not appear to be related to them (Laycock 1973; 1975).

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  • The Left May or Arai languages are a small language family of half a dozen closely related but not mutually intelligible languages in the centre of New Guinea, along the left bank of the May River. There are about 1600 speakers in all. The languages are Rocky Peak (Yinibu), Nakwi, Iteri, Bo, Ama, Nimo, and Owiniga. These languages neighbor the Amto-Musan languages, but do not appear to be related to them (Laycock 1973; 1975). Malcolm Ross (2005) linked the Left May languages to Laycock's Kwomtari-Baibai languages in a Left May-Kwomtari family, based on similarities in the pronouns of Rocky Peak. However, he had not corrected for Laycock's errors in classification, and it is not clear if the links are with the Kwomtari or Fas languages.
  • Left May ist eine Sprachfamilie, die im Nordwesten Papua-Neuguineas beheimatet ist. Die sprecherreichste Sprache der Familie ist Nimo mit 415 Muttersprachlern. Es lässt sich keine Verwandtschaft mit irgendeiner anderen der einheimischen Sprachfamilien nachweisen.
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  • The Left May or Arai languages are a small language family of half a dozen closely related but not mutually intelligible languages in the centre of New Guinea, along the left bank of the May River. There are about 1600 speakers in all. The languages are Rocky Peak (Yinibu), Nakwi, Iteri, Bo, Ama, Nimo, and Owiniga. These languages neighbor the Amto-Musan languages, but do not appear to be related to them (Laycock 1973; 1975).
  • Left May ist eine Sprachfamilie, die im Nordwesten Papua-Neuguineas beheimatet ist. Die sprecherreichste Sprache der Familie ist Nimo mit 415 Muttersprachlern. Es lässt sich keine Verwandtschaft mit irgendeiner anderen der einheimischen Sprachfamilien nachweisen.
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  • Left May languages
  • Left May
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