Schouten languages

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Schouten Languages
Spoken in:	Northern New Guinea
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian   Central Eastern Malayo-Polynesian    Eastern Malayo-Polynesian     Oceanic      Western Oceanic       North New Guinea        Schouten

The family of Schouten languages is a subgroup of the North New Guinea languages. It consists of 16 languages spoken in Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Components

• Kairiru-Manam languages
  • Kairiru languages
  • Manam languages
• Siau languages
  • Arop-Sissano
  • Malol
  • Sera
  • Sissano
  • Ulau-Suain
  • Tumleo
  • Yakamul