The Trans-Fly–Bulaka River aka South-Central Papuan languages form a hypothetical family of Papuan languages. They include many of the languages west of...
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Pahoturi River and Oriomo families, as well as in the Western Torres Strait language, but not in other languages of Southern New Guinea. Trans-Fly–Bulaka River...
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Trans-Fly may refer to: Trans-Fly languages Eastern Trans-Fly languages Trans-Fly–Bulaka River languages Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands Fly River Western...
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The Bulaka River languages are a pair of closely related Papuan languages, Yelmek and Maklew, on the Bulaka River in Indonesian South Papua. They are...
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Trans-Fly (or Oriomo Plateau) languages are a small independent family of Papuan languages spoken in the Oriomo Plateau to the west of the Fly River in...
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family, and the erstwhile Trans-Fly–Bulaka River family (which he had established in 1970), expanding TNG into an enormous language phylum that covered most...
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has been assigned a separate ISO code. Marind separates the Trans-Fly–Bulaka River languages, which would otherwise occupy a nearly continuous stretch of...
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comparison[broken anchor] Trans-Fly–Bulaka River languages#Lexical comparison[broken anchor] Papuan Gulf languages#Lexical comparison Torricelli languages#Lexical comparison...
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Nen language may refer to: Nen language (Cameroon) or Tunen or Banen, a Southern Bantoid language Nen language (Papuan) or Nen Zi, a Trans-Fly–Bulaka River...
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as Waia (Waya), is a Papuan language of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, just north of the Fly River delta. The language has also been known as Hiwi...
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tentatively includes them in the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family, though more recent work has classified Pahoturi River as an independent family within...
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branches of his Trans–New Guinea phylum have no vocabulary in common with other Trans–New Guinea languages, and were classified as Trans–New Guinea because...
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(alternative names include Maklèw, Makleu, and Makaleo) is a language of the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family in South Papua, Indonesia. It is known to be...
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Fly, Upper Muju, Marapka Telefol, Unkia, "Plain Country" [= Awin] Mandobo, Dumut, Kaeti, Wambon Marind [= TNG Marind + perhaps non-TNG Bulaka River families]...
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the main language families of the world The language families of Africa Map of the Austronesian languages Map of major Dravidian languages Distribution...
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importance. Ross (2005) tentatively includes the Yam languages in the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family. More recently (Evans 2012) has argued that...
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(2020) lists the following languages, with Nambo and Namna considered dialects of a single language. East Morehead River Neme–Ndre: Ndre (Dre, Ndré-di)...
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is a language of the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family in West Papua. Yelmek is spoken west of Merauke Regency, between the Digul River and Mbian...
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Kunja (Kánchá), also known as Lower Morehead or Peremka, is a Papuan language of New Guinea. Kunja at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t e...
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reconstructable is proto Trans New Guinea? Problems, progress, prospects". History, Contact and Classification of Papuan Languages (Language & Linguistics in...
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reconstructable is proto Trans New Guinea? Problems, progress, prospects". History, Contact and Classification of Papuan Languages (Language & Linguistics in...
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Rema, also known as Bothar, is a nearly extinct Papuan language of New Guinea. Rema at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...
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Anta, and Wèré (Wärä); these are divergent enough to sometimes be listed as distinct languages. Upper Morehead at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t e...
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Warta Thuntai, is a Papuan language of New Guinea. Guntai-speaking villages are located along eastern banks of the Bensbach River.: 9 Guntai at Ethnologue...
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Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9. John Grummitt, Janell Maste. 2012. A Survey of the Tonda Sub-Group of Languages. SIL International. v t e...
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required) Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area:...
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or Serkisetavi, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken to the south of Western Province in the Trans Fly region. Aramba belongs to the...
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distinct enough to count as separate languages. The Tamer language is closely related. Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer...
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varieties have limited mutual intelligibility may be considered distinct languages. Languages spoken by the Kanum have variously been referred to as Ngkâlmpw Kanum...
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Glottolog (category Language families)
of the world's languages. In addition to listing linguistic materials (grammars, articles, dictionaries) describing individual languages, the database...
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