the Papuan languages

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• Papuan languages — The distribution of the Papuan languages, in red. Tan is Austronesian, and grey the historical range of Australian. The Papuan languages are those languages of the western Pacific which are neither Austronesian nor Australian. The term does not… …   Wikipedia

• Papuan languages — Group of about 750 languages spoken by indigenous peoples of New Guinea and parts of some neighbouring islands, including Alor, Bougainville, Halmahera, New Britain, New Ireland, and Timor. Spoken by perhaps five million people, Papuan languages… …   Universalium

• East Papuan languages — The term East Papuan languages refers to a defunct proposal for a family of Papuan languages spoken on the islands to the east of New Guinea, including New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, the Solomon Islands, and the Santa Cruz Islands. There …   Wikipedia

• Central Papuan languages — The family of Central Papuan languages is a subgroup of the Peripheral Papuan Tip languages. It consists of 14 languages.Components*Oumic languages **Magoric languages **Ouma *Sinagoro Keapara **Hula **Keapara **Motu **Sinaugoro *West Central… …   Wikipedia

• West Papuan languages — See also: West Trans–New Guinea languages West Papuan Geographic distribution: Maluku and West Papua Linguistic classification: Extended West Papuan ? West Papuan Subdivisions …   Wikipedia

• West Central Papuan languages — The family of West Central Papuan languages is a subgroup of the Central Papuan languages. It consists of 6 languages.Components*Abadi *Nuclear West Central Papuan languages **Toura **Kuni **Mekeo **Lala **Waima …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear West Central Papuan languages — The family of Nuclear West Central Papuan languages is a subgroup of the West Central Papuan languages. It consists of 5 languages.Components*Toura *Kuni *Mekeo *Lala *Waima …   Wikipedia

• papuan languages — noun plural Usage: usually capitalized P : a heterogeneous group of languages spoken in New Guinea, New Britain, and the Solomon islands that do not belong to the Austronesian family and are not yet capable of classification …   Useful english dictionary

• South-Central Papuan languages — For the Trans–New Guinea languages, see Central and South New Guinea languages. South Central Papuan (tentative) Geographic distribution: New Guinea Linguistic classification: a primary family of Papuan languages …   Wikipedia

• Languages of Papua New Guinea — The languages of Papua New Guinea today number about 820, [Ethnologue: [http://www.ethnologue.com/show country.asp?name=PG Languages of Papua New Guinea] .] making it the most linguistically diverse place on earth. Its official languages are Tok… …   Wikipedia

• Papuan peoples — The Papuans are the speakers of the Papuan languages and indigenous peoples of New Guinea. The other main group of peoples in Papua New Guinea are the Austronesian peoples.GeneticsIn a 2005 study of ASPM gene variants, Mekel Bobrov et al. found… …   Wikipedia