Papuan Tip languages

Papuan Tip
Geographic distribution:	Eastern New Guinea
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip
Subdivisions:	—

The sixty Papuan Tip languages form a branch of the Western Oceanic languages.

Languages

A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database^[1] fully supported the unity of the Papuan Tip languages.

The analysis included the Central Papuan Tip languages Magori, Motu, and Mekeo; Kilivila; and several "Nuclear Papuan Tip" languages. Neither traditional Nuclear Papuan Tip nor its main branch, North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux, were supported as units. The position of Maisin was not tested.

Central Papuan Tip languages
Kilivila–Nuclear
- Kilivila–Louisiades languages (at least Kilivili fits here)
- Are–Taupota (at least Are fits here)
- Nuclear Papuan Tip languages (reduced)
  - Suauic languages
  - ? Maisin
  - North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux languages (reduced)

References

^ Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database