Halmahera–New Guinea contact zone
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The Halmahera–New Guinea contact zone is a linguistically diverse region in eastern Indonesia and western New Guinea where extensive interaction between Austronesian and Papuan languages has produced complex patterns of diffusion and convergence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Halmahera–New Guinea contact zone canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contact zone
ⓘ
language contact region ⓘ linguistic area ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
convergence between unrelated languages
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diffusion of structural features ⓘ high linguistic diversity ⓘ intensive language contact ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
classification of Papuan languages
ⓘ
reconstruction of Austronesian language history ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily |
Austronesian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageGroup |
North Halmahera languages
NERFINISHED
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South Halmahera–West New Guinea Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ West Papuan languages ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bird’s Head Peninsula
NERFINISHED
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Cenderawasih Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ Halmahera NERFINISHED ⓘ North Maluku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
grammatical diffusion
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lexical borrowing ⓘ phonological convergence ⓘ |
| knownFor | complex patterns of diffusion and convergence between Austronesian and Papuan languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Island Southeast Asia
NERFINISHED
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Melanesia ⓘ eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ western New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Austronesian–Papuan contact zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
areal linguistics
ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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