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Huon Gulf languages

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Geographic distribution:
  
Northern New Guinea

Glottolog:
  
huon1245

Linguistic classification:
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Huon Gulf

Subdivisions:
  
Markham North Huon Gulf Numbami South Huon Gulf

The thirty Huon Gulf languages of Papua New Guinea may form a group of the North New Guinea languages, perhaps within the Ngero–Vitiaz branch of that family.

Classification

According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows:

  • North Huon Gulf linkage
  • Markham family
  • South Huon Gulf linkage
  • Numbami

    • References

    Huon Gulf languages Wikipedia
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