North New Guinea languages
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The family of North New Guinea languages of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia is a branch of the Western Oceanic languages. It consists of over 100 languages.

Components

• Huon Gulf languages
  • Markham languages
  • North Huon Gulf languages
  • Numbami
  • South Huon Gulf languages
• Ngero-Vitiaz languages
  • Ngero languages
  • Vitiaz languages
• Sarmi-Jayapura Bay languages
  • Jayapura Bay languages
  • Sarmi languages
• Schouten languages
  • Kairiru-Manam languages
  • Siau languages

References

• Ross, Malcolm (1988). Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

External links

• Ethnologue report for North New Guinea languages

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