North New Guinea linkage

E155829

North New Guinea linkage is a subgroup of Western Oceanic languages comprising a cluster of closely related Austronesian languages spoken primarily along the northern coast of New Guinea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
North New Guinea linkage canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language grouping ⓘ
Western Oceanic language subgroup ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cluster of closely related languages ⓘ
forms a linkage rather than a single uniform subgroup ⓘ
languages show shared grammatical innovations ⓘ
languages show shared phonological innovations ⓘ
languages show significant lexical similarity ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution Indonesia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
northern coast of New Guinea ⓘ
hasHigherLevelClassification Central Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages

Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic subgroup of Austronesian ⓘ
hasLinguisticFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian
hasResearchField Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian historical linguistics

Oceanic Linguistics ⓘ
surface form: Oceanic linguistics
hasSubgroup Adelbert Range languages ⓘ
Bel languages ⓘ
Finisterre–Huon languages ⓘ
Huon Gulf languages ⓘ
Karkar-Yuri languages ⓘ
surface form: Karkar–Yuri languages

Kowan languages ⓘ
Kumil languages ⓘ
Mabuso languages ⓘ
Madang languages ⓘ
Markham languages ⓘ
Ngero–Vitiaz languages ⓘ
Rai Coast languages ⓘ
Sarmi–Jayapura Bay languages ⓘ
Schouten languages ⓘ
hasTemporalClassification modern language subgroup ⓘ
hasTypeOfMember coastal Austronesian language ⓘ
island Austronesian language ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Papuan contact influence ⓘ
coastal trade networks of northern New Guinea ⓘ
isDefinedBy comparative-historical linguistics ⓘ
isSpokenIn Bismarck Sea ⓘ
surface form: Bismarck Sea region

coastal regions of northern New Guinea ⓘ
isUsedBy Austronesian-speaking communities of northern New Guinea ⓘ
partOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
Western Oceanic branch ⓘ
subclassOf Western Oceanic languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Oceanic languages → hasSubgroup → North New Guinea linkage ⓘ
Western Oceanic → hasSubgroup → North New Guinea linkage ⓘ