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Top: Science: Social_Sciences: Linguistics: Languages: Natural: Papuan
| Only submit pages relating to Papuan (non-Austronesian) languages. |
Anything related to the Papuan (or non-Austronesian) languages.These languages are found primarily ont he island of New Guinea, but also on neighboring islands in Indonesia and the Solomon Islands. Papuan languages are not necessarily genetically related to each other but are characterized by having been established prior to the migration of Austronesian-speaking peoples.
Papuan languages often have complex grammars, especially compared to their neighboring Austronesian languages.
This category is for the East Papuan Phylum of languages, of which there are approximately 36.
| Please submit only Websites pertaining to languages in the Sepik-Ramu Phylum. |
The Sepik Ramu Phylum consists of about 100 languages in Papua New Guinea.
There are approximately 50 languages of the Torricelli Phylum of Papuan Languages in Papua New Guinea.
| Please only submit sites pertaining to languages in the trans-New Guinea phylum of languages. |
This category is for information on languages belonging to the trans-New Guinea phylum of Papuan languages. This is the largest and most widely recognized grouping of Papuan languages. These languages are located primarily along he central mountain ranges of the island of New Guinea.
This category is for languages of the West Papuan phylum, which has approximately 26 members.
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