Schouten languages

Schouten languages
Schouten
Geographic
distribution:		 Northern New Guinea
Linguistic classification: Austronesian
Subdivisions:
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The 16 Schouten languages form a group of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea.

Languages

A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[1] fully supported the Kairiru–Manam branch, but did not address the Siau branch.

  • Kairiru–Manam
    • Kairiru languages: Kaiep, Kairiru, Terebu
    • Manam: Biem, Kis, Manam, Medebur, Sepa, Wogeo
  • Siau: Arop-Sissano, Malol, Sera, Sissano, Ulau-Suain, Tumleo, Yakamul

References

  1. ^ Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database



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