New Ireland languages

New Ireland languages
New Ireland
(reduced)
Geographic
distribution:		 New Ireland
Linguistic classification: Austronesian
Subdivisions:
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New Ireland Languages.jpg

The New Ireland languages are a group of the Meso-Melanesian languages. They are largely spoken on the island of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.

Composition

A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[1] removed the Northwest Solomonic and Nehan–Bougainville languages from the traditional New Ireland family, but fully supported the unity of the remainder of the languages that were considered. These are:

Madara is conventionally included within Lavongai–Nalik, but the 2008 analysis only supported this classification at a 60% confidence level.

Not considered in the 2008 analysis were the following traditional branches:

  • Madak languages (Barok, Lavatbura-Lamusong, Madak)
  • Tabar languages (Lihir, Notsi)
  • Tomoip

References

  1. ^ Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database



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