West Bomberai languages
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The West Bomberai languages are a small family of Papuan languages
spoken on the Bomberai Peninsula
of western New Guinea. Two of the languages are closely related; the third is more distant and was only recently added to the family.
Papuan languages
The Papuan languages are those languages of the western Pacific which are neither Austronesian nor Australian. The term does not presuppose a genetic relationship. The concept of Papuan peoples as distinct from Melanesians was first suggested and named by Sidney Herbert Ray in 1892.-The...
spoken on the Bomberai Peninsula
Bomberai Peninsula
Bomberai Peninsula is located on the Western New Guinea region at the opposite south of the Bird's Head Peninsula in South East Asia. To the west lies the Sebakor Bay and the south Kamrau Bay. Sabuda island lies off the western tip of the peninsula, which is separated from the mainland by Berau...
of western New Guinea. Two of the languages are closely related; the third is more distant and was only recently added to the family.