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Schouten languages

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Glottolog
  
scho1242

Geographic distribution
  
Schouten Islands and nearby coast of northern New Guinea

Linguistic classification
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic North New Guinea Schouten

The Schouten languages are a linkage of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea.

Languages

  • Siau family: Arop-Sissano, Sera, Sissano, Ulau-Suain, Tumleo, Yakamul (Kap, Ali)
  • Kairiru linkage: Kaiep, Kairiru, Terebu
  • Manam linkage: Biem, Kis, Manam, Medebur, Sepa, Wogeo

    • Ethnologue adds Malol to Siau.

    References

    Schouten languages Wikipedia
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