Asmat–Kamoro languages

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The Asmat–Kamoro languages are a small group of closely related Papuan languages spoken by the Asmat and Kamoro peoples of southern New Guinea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language family
language family
arealGroup Papuan languages of southern New Guinea
closelyRelatedTo Asmat language NERFINISHED
Kamoro language NERFINISHED
continent Oceania
geneticClassification Trans–New Guinea family (proposed) NERFINISHED
glottoCode asma1252
glottologName Asmat–Kamoro NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Asmat–Kamoro family NERFINISHED
Asmat–Kamoro group NERFINISHED
hasBranch Asmat languages NERFINISHED
Kamoro language NERFINISHED
hasMemberLanguage Asmat language
Kamoro language NERFINISHED
linguisticStatus small language family
macroFamily Papuan languages NERFINISHED
region south-central New Guinea coast
spokenBy Asmat people NERFINISHED
Kamoro people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Indonesia
New Guinea NERFINISHED
Papua province NERFINISHED
southern New Guinea NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED
typologicalFeature Papuan-type phonology
agglutinative morphology
verb-final tendencies
usedBy Asmat communities
Kamoro communities

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Trans–New Guinea languages hasSubgroup Asmat–Kamoro languages