Binanderean–Goilalan is a language family of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
, proposed by Timothy Usher under the name Oro – Wharton Range, that unites the
Binanderean (Guhu–Oro) and
Goilalan (Wharton Range) families and the
Purari isolate:
New Guinea World, Oro – Wharton Range
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* Binanderean languages
*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 ...
*Purari language
Purari (Namau) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.
Names
Purari is also known as ''Koriki, Evorra, I'ai, Maipua,'' and ''Namau.'' "Namau" is a colonial term which means "deaf (lit.), inattentive, or stupid (Williams 1924: 4)." Today peo ...
References
External links
* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Oro–Wharton Range
Language families
Papuan languages
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