Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area

E529785
language contact zone linguistic area

The Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area is a linguistically diverse region of Papua New Guinea where Oceanic and Papuan languages have long interacted, leading to extensive contact-induced change and complex language relationships.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Papuan Tip region 2
Northwest Melanesia 1
Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area canonical 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language contact zone ⓘ
linguistic area ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasCharacteristic intense language contact ⓘ
multilingual communities ⓘ
overlapping language networks ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn lexicon of local Oceanic languages ⓘ
morphology of contact languages ⓘ
syntax of local Papuan languages ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature complex language relationships ⓘ
contact-induced change ⓘ
high linguistic diversity ⓘ
long-term language contact ⓘ
hasOutcome diffusion of phonological features ⓘ
mixed structural profiles of languages ⓘ
shared grammatical features across families ⓘ
hasProcess areal diffusion ⓘ
grammatical diffusion ⓘ
lexical borrowing ⓘ
structural convergence ⓘ
hasResearchField Austronesian linguistics ⓘ
Papuan linguistics ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
hasTypeOfLanguages Oceanic ⓘ
non-Austronesian ⓘ
knownFor areal linguistic patterns ⓘ
complex contact histories of languages ⓘ
interaction between Oceanic and Papuan languages ⓘ
locatedIn New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papuan Tip NERFINISHED ⓘ
Papuan region ⓘ
north coast of New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
relevantTo language classification in New Guinea ⓘ
reconstruction of Oceanic language history ⓘ
study of Papuan language families ⓘ
timeDepth long-term contact over many centuries ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Patpatar → belongsTo → Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area ⓘ
Western Bismarck languages → linguisticArea → Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northwest Melanesia
Papuan Tip cluster → hasNameOrigin → Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papuan Tip region of New Guinea
North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux languages → linguisticArea → Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papuan Tip region
Papuan Tip linkage → locatedInArea → Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papuan Tip region
Kove language → hasLinguisticArea → Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papuan Tip–New Britain contact area
Schouten languages → partOf → Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papuan Tip – North New Guinea Oceanic area
Longgu language → hasTypologicalArea → Papuan Tip and North New Guinea contact area ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papuan Tip–Solomonic area