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Cenderawasih languages

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Glottolog:
  
cend1238

Geographic distribution:
  
Cenderawasih Bay, New Guinea

Linguistic classification:
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Halmahera–Cenderawasih Cenderawasih Bay

The Cenderawasih languages, approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the islands and shoreline of Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of West Papua and Papua.

Most of the languages are only known from short word lists, but Biak is fairly well attested.

Languages

  • Biakic: Biak (Numfor), Dusner, Meoswar
  • Yapen (see)
  • Southwest: Yaur–Iresim, Yeretuar

    • References

    Cenderawasih languages Wikipedia
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