North New Guinea languages

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North New Guinea
Geographic distribution:	Northern New Guinea
Genetic classification:	Austronesian  Malayo-Polynesian (MP)   Nuclear MP    Central-Eastern MP     Eastern MP      Oceanic       Western Oceanic        North New Guinea
Subdivisions:	Huon Gulf languages Ngero-Vitiaz languages Sarmi-Jayapura Bay languages Schouten languages

The family of North New Guinea languages of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia is a branch of the Western Oceanic languages. It consists of over 100 languages.

[edit] Components

• Huon Gulf languages
  • Markham languages
  • North Huon Gulf languages
  • Numbami
  • South Huon Gulf languages
• Ngero-Vitiaz languages
  • Ngero languages
  • Vitiaz languages
• Sarmi-Jayapura Bay languages
  • Jayapura Bay languages
  • Sarmi languages
• Schouten languages
  • Kairiru-Manam languages
  • Siau languages

[edit] References

• Ross, Malcolm (1988). Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

[edit] External links

• Ethnologue report for North New Guinea languages