• The Mindjim languages are a small family of closely related languages spoken in the Mindjim River area of Papua New Guinea. They were linked with the...
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  • Male is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Male at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...
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  • languages are a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea. Sidney Herbert Ray identified what was then known of the Rai Coast languages as...
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  • The Mindjim River is a river in northern Papua New Guinea. List of rivers of Papua New Guinea Mindjim River languages Mindjim River in Geonames.org (cc-by);...
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    languages are spoken by around 3 million people. There have been several main proposals as to its internal classification. Although Papuan languages for...
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  • Bongu is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Unlike other indigenous languages of Oceania, the Bongu language has several loan...
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    branch. The languages are as follows: Madang Bargam (Mugil) Central Madang Croisilles (reduced, = Northern Adelbert Range) Mabuso Mindjim Rai Coast (reduced;...
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  • Anjam or Bom is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Other names include Bogadjim, Bogajim, Bogati, and Lalok. It is spoken in...
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  • Sam, or Songum, is a Madang language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Songum (5°30′28″S 145°51′04″E / 5.50779°S 145.851042°E...
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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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    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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    The Turama–Kikorian languages are a family identified by Arthur Capell (1962) and part of the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) family in the classifications...
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    with the Engan languages in a Central New Guinea Highlands family. There is little doubt that the Chimbu–Wahgi family is valid. The languages are: Chimbu–Wahgi...
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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 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 Engan languages, or more precisely Enga–Kewa–Huli or Enga – Southern Highland, are a small family of Papuan languages of the highlands of Papua New...
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    the Trans–New Guinea languages by Stephen Wurm (1975) and Malcolm Ross (2005), but removed (along with the related Goilalan languages) by Timothy Usher (2020)...
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    The Asmat – Kamrau Bay languages are a family of a dozen Trans–New Guinea languages spoken by the Asmat and related peoples in southern Western New Guinea...
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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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    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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  • (TAP) languages are a family of languages spoken in Timor, Kisar, and the Alor archipelago in Southern Indonesia. It is the westernmost Papuan language family...
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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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    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 Kutubuan languages are a small family of neighboring languages families in Papua New Guinea. They are named after Lake Kutubu in Papua New Guinea...
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    The Kiwaian languages form a language family of New Guinea. They are a dialect cluster of half a dozen closely related languages. They are grammatically...
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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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  • The Kwalean or Humene–Uare languages are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in the "Bird's Tail" (southeastern peninsula) of New Guinea...
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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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  • 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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    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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