Nehan–Bougainville languages
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The dozen Nehan–Bougainville languages are a group of Oceanic languages spoken on the Green Islands (Nissan Island
), Buka Island
, Bougainville
, and surrounding islands in Papua New Guinea
.
The Buka languages, Papapana, and Solos were not included in the 2008 analysis. They have traditionally been classified as independent branches of Nehan – North Bougainville. Of the Saposa–Tinputz languages, Saposa and Teop were found to cluster together against the others.
Nissan Island
Nissan Island is the largest of the Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is located at , about 200 km east of Rabaul on New Britain and about 200 km northwest of Bougainville....
), Buka Island
Buka Island
Buka Island is the second largest island in the Papua New Guinean province of Bougainville.- History :Buka was first occupied by humans in paleolithic times, some 30,000 years ago...
, Bougainville
Bougainville Island
Bougainville Island is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea. This region is also known as Bougainville Province or the North Solomons. The population of the province is 175,160 , which includes the adjacent island of Buka and assorted outlying islands...
, and surrounding islands in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
.
Languages
The unity of the family was supported at a 95% confidence level by a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Within the family, Nehan and Saposa–Tinputz were supported at a 92% level against Piva–Banoni.- Piva–Banoni: Piva (Lawunuia), Banoni
- Nehan – North Bougainville
- Nehan (Nissan)
- Saposa–Tinputz: Hahon, Saposa (Taiof) – Teop, Tinputz
- Buka: Halia languages, PetatsPetats languagePetats is an Austronesian language spoken by a few thousand persons in Papua New Guinea. Its Ethnologue page mentions the dialects Hitau-Pororan, Matsungan and Sumoun.-Resources:* Ethnologue: * Global Recordings Network...
- Papapana
- Solos
The Buka languages, Papapana, and Solos were not included in the 2008 analysis. They have traditionally been classified as independent branches of Nehan – North Bougainville. Of the Saposa–Tinputz languages, Saposa and Teop were found to cluster together against the others.