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Trans–New Guinea
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Southeast Papuan languages
Key facts
- Geographic distribution
- Indonesia ( Western New Guinea , East Nusa Tenggara ( Alor , Pantar ) , East Timor , Papua New Guinea
- Linguistic classification
- One of the world's primary language families
- Proto language
- Proto-Trans–New Guinea
- Subdivisions
- Berau Gulf Sumeri Irian Highlands Asmat–Mombum Kayagar–Kolopom Central West New Guinea Oksapmin Bosavi Duna–Pogaya Anim Abom Morobe – Eastern Highlands Southeast Papuan
- Iso 639 5
- ngf
- Glottolog
- None , nucl1709 (Nuclear Trans–New Guinea, partial overlap)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands, a region corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as parts of Indonesia.
Trans–New Guinea is perhaps the third-largest language family in the world by number of languages. The core of the family is considered to be established, but its boundaries and overall membership are uncertain. The languages are spoken by around 3 million people. There have been several main proposals as to its internal classification.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trans–New Guinea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.