Papuan Tip linkage

E155828

Papuan Tip linkage is a subgroup of Western Oceanic languages spoken primarily in the southeastern region of Papua New Guinea and nearby islands.

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Papuan Tip linkage canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western Oceanic language subgroup
language subgroup
hasCharacteristic forms a dialect linkage rather than a discrete family
languages often serve as regional lingua francas in southeastern Papua New Guinea
shows extensive contact with Papuan languages
hasLanguage Anuki language
Are language
Bina language
Bwaidoga language
Bwanabwana language
Dawawa language
Dobu language
Gapapaiwa language
Hiri Motu language
Hoava language
surface form: Hula language

Keapara language
Kilivila language
Magi language
Mailu language
Mekeo language
Misima-Paneati language
Motu language
Ouma language
Rigo languages
Saliba language
Sinaugoro language
Suauic languages
surface form: Suau language

Taupota language
Tawala language
Yabem language
surface form: Yareba language
hasLinguisticFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
hasRegion Central Province, Papua New Guinea
D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Louisiade Archipelago
Milne Bay Province
Oro Province
Trobriand Islands
hasSubgroup Kilivila–Misima languages
Mailuan languages
Nuclear Papuan Tip languages
Nuclear Papuan Tip linkage
Papuan Tip cluster
Papuan Tip languages
surface form: Papuan Tip cluster languages

Papuan Tip proper
Suauic languages
Yareban languages
isPartOf Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian
Western Oceanic
surface form: Western Oceanic linkage
locatedInArea Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area
surface form: Papuan Tip region

nearby islands of Papua New Guinea
southeastern Papua New Guinea
subclassOf Austronesian languages
Oceanic languages
Western Oceanic languages

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Western Oceanic languages hasSubgroup Papuan Tip linkage
Western Oceanic hasSubgroup Papuan Tip linkage