Angan languages
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The Angan languages are a group of closely related Papuan languages spoken primarily in the highlands of southeastern Papua New Guinea.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language group
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| areClassifiedAs | non-Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| areCloselyRelated | each other ⓘ |
| areDocumentedIn | Papuan linguistics literature ⓘ |
| areEndangered | some member languages ⓘ |
| areKnownFor |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
rich case marking ⓘ |
| arePartOf | Papuan languages of New Guinea ⓘ |
| arePrimarilyOral | true ⓘ |
| areSpokenBy | Angan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areUsedIn | traditional highlands communities ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Eastern Highlands Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Morobe Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Owen Stanley Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Anga languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Angan family ⓘ Kratke Range languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfLanguages | 15 ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Angaataha language
ⓘ
Angaatɨha language ⓘ Baruya language NERFINISHED ⓘ Fore language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gadsup language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivori language ⓘ Kamea language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanite language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapau language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kukwo language ⓘ Menya language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sambia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Simog language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tainae language ⓘ Yagaria language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yagwoia language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yareba language ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
North Angan languages
ⓘ
South Angan languages ⓘ |
| haveISOClassification | various individual ISO 639-3 codes ⓘ |
| havePrimaryWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | small family ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
Papua New Guinea Highlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southeastern Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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