Huon Gulf subgroup of Western Oceanic

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The Huon Gulf subgroup of Western Oceanic is a branch of Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken around the Huon Gulf region of Papua New Guinea, characterized by shared phonological and grammatical innovations distinguishing it from neighboring language groups.

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Huon Gulf subgroup of Western Oceanic canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Oceanic languages
language subgroup
basisOfGrouping shared innovations rather than shared retentions
characterizedBy shared grammatical innovations
shared phonological innovations
classificationStatus well-established subgroup within Western Oceanic
country Papua New Guinea
distinguishedFrom neighboring language groups in Papua New Guinea
geographicDistribution Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
hasProperty distinct from neighboring Papuan (non-Austronesian) languages
hasSpeakersIn adjacent inland areas of Huon Gulf region
coastal areas around Huon Gulf
isA cluster of closely related Oceanic languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
linguisticArea Papuan Tip–Huon Gulf region interface NERFINISHED
locatedInArea Huon Gulf region NERFINISHED
partOf Austronesian languages NERFINISHED
Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
Western Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
region northeastern Papua New Guinea
subfamily Oceanic
subgroupOf Western Oceanic linkage NERFINISHED
typology grammatically innovative within Western Oceanic
phonologically innovative within Western Oceanic

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Huon Gulf languages glottologClassification Huon Gulf subgroup of Western Oceanic