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Goilalan Languages
The Goilalan or Wharton Range languages are a language family spoken around the Wharton Range in the "Bird's Tail" of New Guinea. They were classified as a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages by Stephen Wurm (1975), but only tentatively retained there in the classification of Malcolm Ross (2005) and removed entirely by Timothy Usher (2020). Languages The languages are, * Fuyug * Tauade *Northern (Kunimaipa): Biangai The Biangai people are an ethnic group living on the slopes of the upper Bulolo valley The Bulolo Valley is a geographical area in Bulolo District, Morobe Province Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The prov ..., Kunimaipa, Weri The languages are clearly related, especially northern Biagai, Kunimaipa, and Weri, which might be considered divergent dialects. Pronouns Pronouns are: *Northern: 1sg ''ne'', 2sg ''ni'', 3sg ''pi'' * Tauade/ Fuyug: 1sg ''na'', 2sg ''nu'' Tauade also has the possessive pronouns , . Voca ...
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Wharton Range
The Wharton Range is a mountain range in Papua New Guinea.[ Wharton Range] in [ Geonames.org (cc-by)]; post updated 1994-01-06; database downloaded 2015-06-22 See also *Wharton Range languages References

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