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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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  • Mombum, or Kemelom (Komolom), is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken on Yos Sudarso Island (Kolopom Island) in West New Guinea. Mombum phonemic inventory:...
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    Strait consists of two primary subgroups: Asmat–Kamrau Muli Strait (or Mombum, Komolom) Proto-Asmat–Muli Strait is reconstructed with 12 consonants and...
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    languages are a family of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Stephen Wurm (1975) and of Malcolm Ross (2005). Along with the Mombum languages...
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  • Guinea language spoken in West New Guinea. It was missed by classifications of Papuan languages until recently, but is clearly close to Mombum. Word lists...
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    process. The Kolopom languages, part of the Trans-New Guinea language family, and the Mombum (or Komolom) languages, an independent language family, are spoken...
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    various regional languages such as Javanese, Sundanese, Minangkabau, Balinese, Banjarese, and Buginese, as well as by foreign languages such as Arabic,...
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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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    thousands of people. These include small languages such as Benggoi, Mombum and Towei.[page needed] Other languages are spoken at the regional level to connect...
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  • Guinea and Melanesia with the languages of the Andaman Islands (or at least Great Andamanese) and, tentatively, the languages of Tasmania, both of which...
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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (category Linguists of Asmat–Mombum languages)
    the classifications of Papuan languages. Voorhoeve retired in 1988. Voorhoeve, C.L. "Miscellaneous Notes on Languages in West Irian, New Guinea". In...
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  • Piet Drabbe (category Linguists of Asmat–Mombum languages)
    describing languages, he was appointed a "mission linguist" in New Guinea, which allowed him to extensively document various Papuan languages. He has thoroughly...
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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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    etc.) or the Asmat–Mombum languages and their relatives further east. Sumeri has previously been linked to the Mairasi languages, but those do not share...
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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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  • 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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  • Languages of Southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics 32. 389-441. Aone van Engelenhoven. 2010. Tentatively locating West-Damar among the languages of...
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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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    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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    Philippine languages or Philippinic are a proposed group by R. David Paul Zorc (1986) and Robert Blust (1991; 2005; 2019) that include all the languages of the...
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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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  • (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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    folklore texts he published, remain basic sources of information about both languages. Upon colonization by the Dutch, a number of Bugis fled from their home...
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  • Simalungun, or Batak Simalungun, is an Austronesian language of Sumatra. It is spoken mainly in Simalungun Regency and Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra...
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    Strickland, Mombum, and Momuna. Ross's recension in 2005 retained nothing from Voorhoeve and only Mombum from Wurm, though the Momuna languages were too...
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    Gorontalo–Mongondow languages Sangiric languages Minahasan languages Celebic languages South Sulawesi languages The remaining three languages are affiliated...
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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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  • 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 Osing language (Osing: Basa Using; Indonesian: Bahasa Osing), locally known as the language of Banyuwangi, is the language of the Osing people of East...
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  • The Cenderawasih languages, approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the...
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