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.

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North New Guinea linkage canonical 2

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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

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