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Papuan (50)
Anything related to the Papuan (or non-Austronesian) languages.
These languages are found primarily ont he island of New Guinea, but also on neighboring islands in Indonesia and the Solomon Islands. Papuan languages are not necessarily genetically related to each other but are characterized by having been established prior to the migration of Austronesian-speaking peoples.
Papuan languages often have complex grammars, especially compared to their neighboring Austronesian languages.
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Papuan Language Families and Genera
· cached · Classification of some of the better-known Papuan languages of Papua-New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.
Papuan Languages - Digul Area
· Linguistic information (including word lists and maps) from languages spoken in the Digul River area (eastern part of Irian Jaya). The languages are: Central/Lower Uwimerah, Digul Mandobo, Kaôh, Mappi, Muyu, Tanah Merah languages (several), Upper Uwimerah, Uwimerah Proa Bivouac, and Uwimerah (Source).
Papuan Languages and the New Guinea Linguistic Scene
· cached · Full text of the landmark book edited by S. A. Wurm on Papuan languages of New Guinea.
Holle Lists: Vocabularies in Languages of Indonesia, Vol.5/2: Irian Jaya: Papuan Languages, Northern Languages, Central Highlands Languages
· cached · Full text of the book by W. A. L. Stokhof on Papuan Languages of irian Jaya.
Holle Lists: Vocabularies in Languages of Indonesia, Vol.5/1: Irian Jaya: Austronesian Languages; Papuan Languages, Digul Area
· cached · Full text of the book by W. A. L. Stokhof on Austronesian and Papuan languages of Irian Jaya.
Languages of Irian Jaya, Checklist: Preliminary Classification, Language Maps, Wordlists
· cached · Full text of the book edited by C. L. Voorhoeve on Austronesian and Papuan languages.
Peta Bahasa - Papua - Language Maps
· cached · Language maps of Irian Jaya from Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University.
Archives of PapuanLanguages List
· cached · An archive of the Papuan Languages mailing list.
Meyah Morphology and Syntax
· cached · Abstract of a thesis by Gilles G. Gravelle on the Meyah Language. This languages is in the East Bird's Head phylum.
Papuan Languages
· Description of and list of phyla in the Papuan languages.
A Grammar of Abui: A Papuan Language of Alor
· Full text of a 1976 publication by Frantisek Kratochvíl on the grammar of Abui.
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