Nor–Pondo languages are a small language family of East Sepik Province in northern Papua New Guinea.
The original conception of the family, under the name Nor–Pondo, is as follows: Murik (Nor) Kopar Chambri Karawari (Tabriak), Yimas Angoram (Pondo) Malcolm Ross (2005) broke up the Nor branch (and thus renamed the family Lower Sepik) because Murik does not share the characteristic /p/s of the first- and second-person pronouns of Kopar and the Pondo languages, so the latter may form a group: Murik vs Kopar–Pondo.
Usher, following Foley, keeps Nor together and breaks up Pondo.
[2][3] Foley notes that Angoram appears to be closer to Murik–Kopar, and Chambri to Karawari–Yimas, but Foley (2018: 213) leaves them as separate branches pending further evidence.
Except for Yimas-Karawari, Lower Sepik languages typically have the following six-vowel system.