East Papuan languages
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East Papuan languages are a diverse group of non-Austronesian languages spoken primarily on islands and coastal regions of eastern Papua New Guinea and nearby areas.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Papuan languages | 4 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan languages
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language family ⓘ |
| controversialAspect | validity of a single genetic family is debated ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus |
many member languages are endangered
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some member languages are moribund ⓘ |
| feature |
complex verbal morphology in many member languages
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high degree of linguistic diversity ⓘ relatively small speaker populations per language ⓘ significant lexical divergence among member languages ⓘ |
| geneticRelationship |
not demonstrably related to Austronesian languages
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not demonstrably related to Trans-New Guinea languages ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
islands and coastal regions of eastern Papua New Guinea
ⓘ
nearby offshore islands ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | local contact varieties in Melanesia ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script (for some languages) ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Anêm language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ata language (New Britain) NERFINISHED ⓘ Baining languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Bilua language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bougainville languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Buin language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kol (New Britain) language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kol language (Papua New Guinea) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuot language ⓘ Lavukaleve language NERFINISHED ⓘ Motuna language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagovisi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasioi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Nduke language ⓘ North Bougainville languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Savosavo language NERFINISHED ⓘ South Bougainville languages ⓘ Sulka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Taulil–Butam languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Yele language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Austronesian languages (through contact) ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | proposed language family ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
mostly head-marking
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often agglutinative ⓘ |
| region |
Melanesia
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Oceania ⓘ |
| researcher |
Andrew Pawley
NERFINISHED
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Malcolm Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Wurm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bismarck Archipelago
NERFINISHED
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Bougainville NERFINISHED ⓘ New Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ New Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Papua New Guinea ⓘ islands of Melanesia ⓘ |
| subclassOf | non-Austronesian languages ⓘ |
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