Kayagar languages
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The Kayagar languages are a small family
of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross
. The three languages,
are clearly related to each other.
Language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...
of Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross
Malcolm Ross
Malcolm David Ross is a linguist and professor at the Australian National University. He has published work on Austronesian and Papuan languages, historical linguistics, and language contact.-External links:**...
. The three languages,
- Atohwaim (Kaugat), KayagarKayagar languageKayagar is a Papuan language of West Papua....
(Kaygir), Tamagario,
are clearly related to each other.