Binanderean–Goilalan is a language family of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
, 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
The Greater Binanderean or Guhu-Oro languages are a language family spoken along the northeast coast of the Papuan Peninsula – the "Bird's Tail" of New Guinea – and appear to be a recent expansion from the north. They were classified as a bra ...
*Goilalan languages
The Goilalan or Wharton Range languages are a language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term ''family'' is a metaphor borrowed fr ...
* Purari language
References
External links
* Timothy Usher, New Guinea World
Oro–Wharton Range
Language families
Papuan languages
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