East New Guinea Highlands languages
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East New Guinea Highlands is a 1975 proposal by Stephen Würm for a family of Papuan languages spoken in Papua New Guinea. It was broken up by Malcom Ross in his classification of 2005 (see below).
[edit] Family division
- Wiru isolate
- Kenati isolate
- Kalam family: Gants, Kalam-Kobon, Tai
- Eastern (Kainantu) family
- Owenia language
- Kambaira language
- Tairora branch: Binumarien, South Tairoa, North Tairoa, Waffa
- Gapsup branch: Agarabi, Awiyaana, Awa, Gadsup, Kosena, Ontenu, Usarufa
- Central family
- East-Central (Goroka) family
- Gende language
- Fore branch: Fore, Gimi
- Gahuku branch: Dano (Upper Asaro), Benabena, Alekano (Gahuku), Tokano (Lower Asaro)
- Siane branch: Siane, Yaweyuha
- Kamono-Yagaria branch: Kamono, Inoke-Yate, Kanite, Keyagana, Yagaria
- West-Central family
Ross classified each of the families in bold as a separate branch of TNG, with the exceptions of Kainantu and Goroka, which he kept together; Kalam, which he linked to the Rai Coast family; and Kenati, which he had insufficient data to classify.
Ross believes that these languages lie near the homeland of proto-Trans New Guinea.
[edit] See also
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