The Southeast Papuan or Papuan Peninsula ("Bird's Tail") languages are a group of half a dozen small
families
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of
Papuan languages
The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply ...
in the "
Bird's Tail
The Papuan Peninsula, also known as the Bird's Tail Peninsula, is a large peninsula in Papua New Guinea, southeast of the city of Lae, that makes up the southeastern portion of the island of New Guinea. The peninsula is the easternmost extent of ...
" (southeastern peninsula) of New Guinea that are part of the
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) phylum.
Languages
The languages are as follows:
New Guinea World, Papuan Peninsula
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* Dagan ( Meneao Range)
*Owen Stanley Range
The Owen Stanley Range is the south-eastern part of the central mountain-chain in Papua New Guinea. Its highest point is Mount Victoria at , while its most prominent peak is Mount Suckling.
History
Owen Stanley Range was seen in 1849 by Captai ...
** Koiarian (Koiari – Managalas Plateau)
** Kwalean (Humene–Uare)
** Manubaran (Mount Brown)
**Mailu–Yareban
*** Yareban (Musa River
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)
***'' Bauwaki''
*** Mailuan ( Cloudy Bay)
They have in common ''ya'' for 'you' (plural) instead of proto-TNG ''*gi''.
Pronouns
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:[New Guinea World, Owen Stanley Range]
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References
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea
Trans–New Guinea languages