Schouten languages

Schouten
Geographic distribution:	Northern New Guinea
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Schouten
Subdivisions:	—

The 16 Schouten languages form a group of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea.

Languages

A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database^[1] fully supported the Kairiru–Manam branch, but did not address the Siau branch.

Kairiru–Manam
- Kairiru languages: Kaiep, Kairiru, Terebu
- Manam: Biem, Kis, Manam, Medebur, Sepa, Wogeo
Siau: Arop-Sissano, Malol, Sera, Sissano, Ulau-Suain, Tumleo, Yakamul