Papuan (non‑Austronesian) languages

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language grouping non‑Austronesian languages

Papuan (non‑Austronesian) languages are a diverse group of indigenous language families spoken mainly on New Guinea and neighboring islands that are unrelated to the Austronesian language family.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Papuan (non‑Austronesian) languages canonical	1
Papuan languages of New Guinea	1
West Papuan languages	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language grouping ⓘ non‑Austronesian languages ⓘ
areSpokenBy	indigenous peoples of New Guinea and nearby islands ⓘ
characterizedBy	high linguistic diversity ⓘ many language isolates ⓘ numerous small language families ⓘ
contactWith	Austronesian languages ⓘ
contrastedWith	Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfLanguages	over 800 ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Binanderean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Border languages NERFINISHED ⓘ East Bird’s Head languages NERFINISHED ⓘ East Papuan languages ⓘ Eleman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Kainantu‑Goroka languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiwaian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakes Plain languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Madang languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ok languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Sepik languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Sko languages ⓘ Skou languages NERFINISHED ⓘ South Bird’s Head languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor‑Alor‑Pantar languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Torricelli languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans‑New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ West Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Yawa languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUncertainClassification	many member languages ⓘ
includesLanguage	Abelam language NERFINISHED ⓘ Dani languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Enga language ⓘ Huli language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalam language ⓘ Kiwai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuot language NERFINISHED ⓘ Melpa language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yimas language NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Austronesian languages ⓘ
influences	local Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Melanesia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
majoritySpokenOn	island of New Guinea ⓘ
notPartOf	Austronesian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Alor archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Banda Sea islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Bismarck Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ Halmahera NERFINISHED ⓘ New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Pantar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ Western New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedBy	historical linguistics ⓘ typological linguistics ⓘ
timeDepth	very ancient linguistic strata in New Guinea ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux languages → areContactWith → Papuan (non‑Austronesian) languages ⓘ

Papunesia → hasLanguageFamily → Papuan (non‑Austronesian) languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Papuan languages

Eastern Trans-Fly languages → arePartOf → Papuan (non‑Austronesian) languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papuan languages of New Guinea