The Ottilien or Watam-Awar-Gamay languages are a small family of clearly related languages, They are generally classified among the Ramu languages of northern Papua New Guinea. The Ottilien languages are all spoken in Yawar Rural LLG, in locations mostly along the coast of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Watam and Bosman share plural morphology with Lower Sepik (Nor–Pondo), supporting the Ramu – Lower Sepik language-family proposal. The family is named for the mouth of the Ottilien River, now known as the Ramu.

Phonemes

Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:

Pronouns

Pronouns in proto-Watam-Awar-Gamay (proto-Ottilien) reconstructed by Foley (2005) are: ! !! singular !! dual !! plural ! 1st person ! 2nd person ! 3rd person See also Lower Ramu languages. Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as: ! !!sg!!du!!pl !1 !2 !3

Proto-Ottilien

A phonological reconstruction of proto-Watam-Awar-Gamay (proto-Ottilien) has been proposed by Foley (2005). ! gloss !! proto-Watam-Awar-Gamay !! Watam !! Kaian !! Gamay !! Bosmun !! Awar Below, proto-Watam-Awar-Gamay is listed in comparison with four other Ramu languages that are closely related to, but not part of, Watam-Awar-Gamay: the Misegian languages Kire and Mikarew, and the Tanggu languages Tangu and Igom. ! gloss !! proto-Watam-Awar-Gamay !! Kire !! Mikarew !! Tangu !! Igom