Leonhard Schultze languages
The Leonhard Schultze or Walio-Papi languages are a proposed family of about 6 Papuan languages spoken in the Sepik river basin of northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken along the border region of East Sepik Province and Sandaun Province, just to the south of the Iwam languages.
The languages are named after the Leonhard Schultze River, which is in turn named after German anthropologist Leonhard Schultze-Jena.Languages
The Leonard Schultze languages are:
The Leonhard Schultze languages were traditionally classified by Laycock and Z'graggen as part of the Sepik language family.
Foley classifies the Leonhard Schultze languages separately as an independent language family rather than as part of the Sepik languages. However, this classification is not accepted by Glottolog, which splits up the Walio and Papi branches and considers them each to be a primary language family.
