Willaumez languages

Willaumez languages

Infobox Language family
name=Willaumez
region=West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Central-Eastern MP
fam5=Eastern MP
fam6=Oceanic
fam7=Western Oceanic
fam8=Meso-Melanesian
child1=Bola
child2=Bulu
child3=Meramera
child4=Nakanai|

The family of Willaumez languages is a subgroup of the Meso-Melanesian languages. It consists of four languages. Together they are spoken by almost 30,000 speakers in the province of West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Components

*Bola
*Bulu
*Meramera
*Nakanai

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91605 Ethnologue report for Willaumez]


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