North New Guinea languages
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The family of North New Guinea languages of Papua New Guinea
and Indonesia
is a branch of the Western Oceanic languages
. It may be a synonym of the Ngero–Vitiaz languages.
were found not to be North New Guinea, but part of a (reduced) Western Oceanic
, and the Sarmi–Jayapura languages were not investigated.
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...
and Indonesia
Indonesia
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is a branch of the Western Oceanic languages
Western Oceanic languages
The Western Oceanic languages is a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by .-Attempt at phylogenetic representation:A reduced form of the family was fully supported by a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.The 2008 study concluded that Schouten did not lie...
. It may be a synonym of the Ngero–Vitiaz languages.
Components
A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database supported the unity of the Ngero–Vitiaz branch, including Numbami of the Huon Gulf branch, with 85% confidence. The Schouten languagesSchouten languages
The 16 Schouten languages form a group of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea.-Languages:A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the Kairiru–Manam branch, but did not address the Siau branch....
were found not to be North New Guinea, but part of a (reduced) Western Oceanic
Western Oceanic languages
The Western Oceanic languages is a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by .-Attempt at phylogenetic representation:A reduced form of the family was fully supported by a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database.The 2008 study concluded that Schouten did not lie...
, and the Sarmi–Jayapura languages were not investigated.
- Ngero–Vitiaz languages (incl. NumbamiNumbami languageNumbami is an Austronesian language spoken by about 300 people with ties to a single village in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Numbami is a phonologically conservative isolate within the Huon Gulf languages, and is the last Austronesian language on the south coast of the Huon Gulf...
) - ? Sarmi – Jayapura Bay languages
- ? other Huon Gulf languagesHuon Gulf languagesThe thirty Huon Gulf languages of Papua New Guinea may form a group of the North New Guinea languages, perhaps within the Ngero–Vitiaz branch of that family.-Classification:...
(perhaps in Ngero–Vitiaz)