Nuclear Bel languages

Nuclear Bel
Geographic distribution:	northern New Guinea
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea ? Ngero–Vitiaz Bel Nuclear Bel
Subdivisions:	—

The five Nuclear Bel languages form a group of Austronesian languages of northern New Guinea.

Languages

A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database^[1] determined the following structure of the family. Marik was not considered, but is widely considered to be the most divergent Nuclear Bel language:

Marik
Northern Nuclear Bel languages
- Gedaged
- B-M-T
  - Bil Bil
  - M-T
    - Matukar
    - Takia

References

^ Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database