| North New Guinea | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Northern New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | nort3206 |
The North New Guinea languages of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia form a possible linkage of Western Oceanic languages. They have been in heavy contact with Papuan languages.
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Transcription
Classification
According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002)[full citation needed], the structure of the family is as follows:
- ? Sarmi–Jayapura family
- Schouten linkage
- Huon Gulf family
- Ngero–Vitiaz linkage
The center of dispersal was evidently near the Vitiaz Strait between New Britain and the New Guinea mainland.
The inclusion of Sarmi and Jayapura Bay is uncertain, and it may constitute a separate branch of Western Oceanic.
References
- Ross, Malcolm (1988). Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
This page was last edited on 28 May 2024, at 09:03