Nehan-North Bougainville languages

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Nehan-North Bougainville languages
Spoken in:	Melanesia
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian    Eastern Malayo-Polynesian     Oceanic      Western Oceanic       Meso-Melanesian        New Ireland         South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic          Nehan-North Bougainville

The family of Nehan-North Bougainville languages is a subgroup of the South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic languages. It consists of ten languages. They are largely spoken on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Components

• Buka languages
  • Halia languages
  • Petatz
• Nehan
• Papapana
• Saposa-Tinputz languages
  • Hahon
  • Saposa
  • Teop
  • Tinputz
• Solos