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    The MarindYaqai (Marind–Yakhai) languages are a well established language family of Papuan languages, spoken by the Marind-anim. They form part of the...
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  • Marind is a Papuan language spoken in Malind District, Merauke Regency, Indonesia by over ten thousand people. Dialects are Southeast Marind, Gawir, Holifoersch...
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  • Bipim, or Warkay-Bipim, is a Papuan language spoken in Assue District, Mappi Regency, South Papua Province of Indonesia. Bipim at Ethnologue (18th ed....
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    The 17 Anim languages belong to the following four subfamilies: Inland Gulf Tirio (Lower Fly River) Boazi (Lake Murray) Marind (MarindYaqai) The moribund...
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    Eleman languages were first proposed by S. Ray in 1907, parts of Marind were recognized by Ray and JHP Murray in 1918, and the Rai Coast languages in 1919...
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    of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Indonesian vocabulary has been influenced by various regional languages such as Javanese, Sundanese...
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  • Yaqay (Yakhai, Yaqai, Jakai, Jaqai) is a Papuan language spoken in Indonesia by over 10,000 people. It is also called Mapi or Sohur; dialects are Oba-Miwamon...
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  • various other Malayic languages. According to Ethnologue 16, several of the Malayic varieties they currently list as separate languages, including the Orang...
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  • language#Evolution MarindYaqai languages#Evolution Paniai Lakes languages#Evolution Dani languages#Evolution Mek languages#Evolution Wiru language#Evolution Duna–Pogaya...
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    Borneo languages Central Sarawak languages Kayan–Murik languages Land Dayak languages Malayo–Chamic Chamic languages Malayic languages Rejang language Sundanese...
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    additional languages, heritage languages, languages in the religious domain, English as a lingua franca, and sign languages. The official language of Indonesia...
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  • other Malay-derived languages in eastern Indonesia because of its archaic lexicon and being rather close to its sister languages in Borneo such as Banjarese...
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  • Papuan languages and some of languages spoken in Sulawesi, such as Buginese and Cia-Cia. Roughly around 60 out of 200 attested words in this language were...
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    Several of the Chimbu–Wahgi languages have uncommon lateral consonants: see Nii, Wahgi, and Kuman for examples. Chimbu–Wahgi languages have contrastive tone...
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  • Teor and Kur are two Austronesian language varieties of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken near Kei Island, Indonesia. They are reportedly...
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  • the region, being surrounded by genetically distant Austronesian languages and languages of the unrelated North Halmahera family. Bacan is geographically...
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  • subgroup covers some of the major languages in Southeast Asia, including Malay/Indonesian and related Malayic languages such as Minangkabau, Banjar and...
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    possibility that Greater North Borneo languages are closely related to many other western Indonesian languages, including Javanese. Blust's suggestion...
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    The Alor–Pantar languages are a family of clearly related Papuan languages spoken on islands of the Alor archipelago near Timor in southern Indonesia....
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  • The Oirata–Makasae, or Eastern Timor, languages are a small family of Papuan languages spoken in eastern Timor and the neighboring island of Kisar. Mandala...
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  • lists Geurtjens, Hendrik. 1933. Marindineesch-Nederlandsch Woordenboek [Marind-Dutch Dictionary]. Bandoeng: Nix. (pages 397–429) Le Roux, C. C. F. M. 1950...
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  • The Land Dayak languages are a group of dozen or so languages spoken by the Bidayuh Land Dayaks of Borneo, and by some, also spoken by the Rejang people...
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  • Kopkaka (Kopka) is one of the Ok languages of West Papua. Kopkaka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Kwer at Ethnologue (18th ed....
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  • Asmat is a Papuan language cluster of South Papua. The principal varieties, distinct enough to be considered separate languages, are: Asmat Kamrau Bay...
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  • The Dagan or Meneao Range languages are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in the Meneao Range of the "Bird's Tail" (southeastern peninsula)...
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    Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: a historical perspective". In Adelaar, K. Alexander; Himmelmann, Nikolaus (eds.). The Austronesian languages of Asia...
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  • Kayan–Murik languages are a group of Austronesian languages spoken in Borneo by the Kayan, Morek Baram, Bahau, and related peoples. The Kayanic languages are:...
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  • Bibles. Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area:...
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    The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia...
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  • Ok languages, and does not classify Bayono–Awbono with Ok. The pronouns demonstrate resemblances to the neighboring Ok and Greater Awyu languages, and...
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