Papuan Gulf languages
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The Papuan Gulf languages are a proposed
language family A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ''ancestral language'' or ''parental language'', called the proto-language of that family. The term "family" reflects the tree model of language origination in hist ...
of
Papuan languages The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...
spoken inland from the large gulf that defines the shape of southern Papua New Guinea.NewGuineaWord Papuan Gulf
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Languages

*Kikorian (
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) ** Kutubuan ** Turama–Kikorian *Strickland ( Strickland and Soari River) ** East Strickland ** Doso–Turumsa * Gogodala–Suki (Suki–
Aramia River The Aramia River is a river in southwestern Papua New Guinea. Aramia Riverin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2013-05-07; database downloaded 2015-06-22 See also *List of rivers of Papua New Guinea This is a list of rivers of Papua New Guinea. ...
) *
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** Teberan **'' Wiru'' **'' Pawaia''


Lexical comparison

The lexical data below is from the Trans-New Guinea database and Usher (2020), unless noted otherwise. Neighboring languages not traditionally classified within Papuan Gulf are also included for comparison.


References


Further reading

*Franklin, K. editor. ''The linguistic situation in the Gulf District and adjacent areas, Papua New Guinea''. C-26, x + 607 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1973. {{language families Languages of Papua New Guinea Proposed language families Papuan languages