• Binanderean (Guhu–Oro) and Goilalan (Wharton Range) families and the Purari isolate: Binanderean languages Goilalan languages Purari language New Guinea World,...
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    The Greater Binanderean or Guhu-Oro languages are a language family spoken along the northeast coast of the Papuan Peninsula – the "Bird's Tail" of New...
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    The Goilalan or Wharton Range languages are a language family spoken around the Wharton Range in the "Bird's Tail" of New Guinea. They were classified...
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    are Kaure, Pauwasi, Engan, Chimbu–Wahgi, Madang, Eleman, Kiwaian, Binanderean, Goilalan, and the several Papuan Gulf families. Usher only includes families...
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    Gogodala-Suki Turama-Kikori Kiwaian Awin-Pa Angan Greater Binanderean Dagan Mailuan Koiarian Goilalan Yareban Kwalean Manubaran Torricelli Sepik Lower Sepik-Ramu...
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  • Trans–New Guinea *na, but Purari appears to be related to the BinandereanGoilalan languages. The phoneme /t/ is said to appear in a few rare words, but...
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  • language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...
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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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  • Identified with Biangai (Goilalan family) by Glottolog, but this makes little sense geographically. Sidney H. Ray. 1923. The Languages of the Western Division...
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  • *(k,ŋg)atuk kora ‘dry’ < *(ŋg,k)atata Like the Binanderean languages, Barai and other Koiarian languages only allow for open syllables and do not allow...
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  • language#Evolution Mailuan languages#Evolution Dagan languages#Evolution Goilalan languages#Evolution Koiarian languages#Evolution Kwalean languages#Evolution...
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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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    The Anim or Fly River languages are a language family in south-central New Guinea established by Usher & Suter (2015). The names of the family derive from...
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    Papuan or Papuan Peninsula ("Bird's Tail") languages are a group of half a dozen small families of Papuan languages in the "Bird's Tail" (southeastern peninsula)...
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    The Mombum languages, also known as the Komolom or Muli Strait languages, are a pair of Trans–New Guinea languages, Mombum (Komolom) and Koneraw, spoken...
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  • "TransNewGuinea.org - database of the languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05. Voorhoeve, C.L., 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra:...
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    numerous language is Ngalum, with some 20,000 speakers; the best known is probably Telefol. The Ok languages have dyadic kinship terms. The Ok languages are...
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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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    The Duna–Pogaya (Duna–Bogaia) languages are a proposed small family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Voorhoeve (1975), Ross (2005)...
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  • The Huon languages are a language family, spoken on the Huon Peninsula of Papua New Guinea, that was classified within the original Trans–New Guinea (TNG)...
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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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  • Lakes languages, also known as the Wissel Lakes or Wissel Lakes – Kemandoga River, are a small family of closely related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken...
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    perhaps a dozen Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in eastern West Papua in the region of the Digul River. Six of the languages are sufficiently attested for...
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    similarity of 70%, which is higher than any other languages compared. Therefore, it is likely that these two languages form a subgroup. Similarly, Etoro and Bedamini...
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    The Kayagar languages are a small family of four closely related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken around the Cook River in Province of South Papua, Indonesia:...
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  • Thumbnail for Kainantu–Goroka languages
    The Kainantu–Goroka languages are a family of Papuan languages established by Arthur Capell in 1948 under the name East Highlands. They formed the core...
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    Engan, or more precisely Enga – Southern Highland, languages are a small family of Papuan languages of the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The two branches...
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  • The Dani or Baliem Valley languages are a family of clearly related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken by the Dani and related peoples in the Baliem Valley...
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    The West Trans–New Guinea languages are a suggested linguistic linkage of Papuan languages, not well established as a group, proposed by Malcolm Ross in...
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