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 (Kikori River
The Kikori River is a major river in southern Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea. The river has a total length of and flows southeast into the Gulf of Papua, with its delta at the head of the gulf. The settlement of Kikori lies on the de ...
)
** 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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*Tua River
Tua () is a river in northeastern Portugal, flowing by the border of Vila Real District and Bragança District. It is a tributary of the Douro River. The biggest and most important city it flows through is Mirandela.
The Tua line
The Tua ...
** Teberan
**'' Wiru''
**'' Pawaia''
Lexical comparison
The lexical data below is from the Trans-New Guinea database
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