East Strickland languages

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The East Strickland languages are a small group of closely related Papuan languages spoken in the Strickland River region of Papua New Guinea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language family
language family
alsoKnownAs East Strickland River languages
arealGroup Trans–New Guinea area (broad areal sense)
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
degreeOfRelatedness closely related
familyColor Papuan
geneticAffiliation Papuan
glottologCode east2440
glottologName East Strickland NERFINISHED
hasMember Agala language NERFINISHED
Fembe language
Ipiko language NERFINISHED
Konai language NERFINISHED
Samo language (Papua New Guinea) NERFINISHED
Tainae language NERFINISHED
languageFamilySize small
languageStatus minority languages
linguisticTypology SOV word order (typical)
locatedIn Southern Highlands Province NERFINISHED
Western Province (Papua New Guinea) NERFINISHED
macroArea New Guinea NERFINISHED
numberOfLanguages small group
primaryUse oral communication
region Strickland River region NERFINISHED
spokenIn villages along the Strickland River
subclassOf Papuan languages
writingSystem primarily unwritten

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Trans–New Guinea languages hasSubgroup East Strickland languages