Foley, W.A. 2005. Linguistic prehistory in the Sepik-Ramu basin. Pp. 109-144.Pawley, A., Attenborough, R., Golson, R., & Hide, R. eds. Papuan pasts:cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples.
Provided Lexicon:
| ID | Language | Word | Entry | Source Gloss | Annotation | Loan |
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| 237440 | Proto-Ndu | pig | *mp(w)al | | | |
| 237438 | Ngala | pig | mpwal | | | |
| 236359 | Yimas | they (pronoun d:3p) | (m)pu- | | | |
| 236360 | Tabriak | they (pronoun d:3p) | mpu | | | |
| 237559 | Boikin | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | mpɨtɨ | | | |
| 237552 | Boikin | you plural two (pronoun d:2p, dual) | mpɨtɨ | | | |
| 237551 | Ambulas | you plural two (pronoun d:2p, dual) | mpɨt | | | |
| 237558 | Ambulas | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | mpɨt | | | |
| 237548 | Manambu | you plural two (pronoun d:2p, dual) | mpɨr | | | |
| 237554 | Ngala | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | mpɨr | | | |
| 237555 | Manambu | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | mpɨr | | | |
| 237547 | Ngala | you plural two (pronoun d:2p, dual) | mpɨr | | | |
| 237556 | Proto-Ndu | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | *mpɨr | | | |
| 237549 | Proto-Ndu | you plural two (pronoun d:2p, dual) | *mpɨr | | | |
| 237557 | Iatmul | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | mpɨk | | | |
| 237550 | Iatmul | you plural two (pronoun d:2p, dual) | mpɨk | | | |
| 237439 | Manambu | pig | mpar | | | |
| 237356 | Manambu | moon | mpapɨw | | | |
| 237359 | Ambulas | moon | mpapmɨw | | | |
| 237357 | Proto-Ndu | moon | *mpapmɨw | | | |
| 237423 | Iatmul | egg | mpantɨ | | | |
| 237422 | Manambu | egg | mpant | | | |
| 237442 | Ambulas | pig | mpalɨ | | | |
| 237465 | Iatmul | louse | mpakwə | | | |
| 237441 | Iatmul | pig | mpak | | | |
| 235992 | Yimas | one | mpa- | | | |
| 235322 | Yimas | one | mpa- | | | |
| 237546 | Iatmul (Sawos Dialect) | you plural two (pronoun d:2p, dual) | mpɨ | | | |
| 237553 | Iatmul (Sawos Dialect) | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | mpɨ | | | |
| 236323 | Yimas | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | mp | | | |
| 237621 | Yessan-Mayo | rain | mow | | | |
| 236704 | Bosmun | person | mot | | | |
| 236700 | Awar | person | mot | | | |
| 237144 | Kanggape | tomorrow | mom | | | |
| 237017 | Kanggape | three | mokupea unuʔa | | | |
| 237013 | Kanggape | two | mokupea | | | |
| 236721 | Bosmun | water | mok | | | |
| 236717 | Awar | water | mok | | | |
| 236056 | Murik | star | moai | | | |
| 235386 | Murik | star | moai | | | |
| 236356 | Murik | they (pronoun d:3p) | moa | | | |
| 236953 | Awar | you (pronoun d:2s) | mo | | | |
| 236957 | Bosmun | you (pronoun d:2s) | mo | | | |
| 236228 | Tabriak | faeces (dung, faeces, excrement) | mɨnti | | | |
| 235558 | Tabriak | faeces (dung, faeces, excrement) | mɨnti | | | |
| 235445 | Angoram | tongue | mɨnɨŋ | | | |
| 236115 | Angoram | tongue | mɨnɨŋ | | | |
| 236326 | Chambri | they dual (pronoun d:3p, dual) | mɨnɨmp | | | |
| 236338 | Yimas | 3P Paucal | mɨŋkɨt | | | |
| 236337 | Proto-Lower-Sepik | 3P Paucal | *mɨŋkɨ | | | |
