Finisterre–Huon languages
E602081
The Finisterre–Huon languages are a major branch of Papuan languages spoken primarily in the Finisterre and Huon peninsulas of northeastern Papua New Guinea.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nuclear Huon Gulf languages | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| areDocumentedBy | field linguists ⓘ |
| areEndangered | true ⓘ |
| areLessUsedFor |
formal education
ⓘ
national media ⓘ |
| arePartOf | Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arePrimarilyUsedFor | local communication ⓘ |
| areSpokenIn |
Madang Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morobe Province NERFINISHED ⓘ highland areas of northeastern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| areStudiedIn | Papuan linguistics ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| familyColor | Papuan ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Trans–New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | fini1244 ⓘ |
| glottologReferenceName | Finisterre–Huon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableLanguage |
Bukawa language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Komba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kâte language NERFINISHED ⓘ Magi language (Finisterre–Huon) ⓘ Mungkip language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nankina language NERFINISHED ⓘ Somba-Siawari language NERFINISHED ⓘ Timbe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yabem language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yopno language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Eastern Huon languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Erap languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Finisterre languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Huon languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Kowon languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Nahu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Uruwa languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Huon languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Yupna languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveSpeakerPopulation | tens of thousands of speakers in total ⓘ |
| macroFamily | Trans–New Guinea phylum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageFamily |
Adelbert Range languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kainantu–Goroka languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Madang languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Finisterre Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Huon Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
mostly SOV word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nuclear Huon Gulf languages