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Revision as of 21:14, 12 April 2015
| West Bird's Head | |
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| Geographic distribution | Papua |
| Linguistic classification | West Papuan
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| Glottolog | west1493 |
West Bird's Head languages are a small family of poorly known Papuan languages spoken on the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.
Languages
- Seget, Moi
- Tehit (Kaibus), the most populous, with 10,000 speakers; Kalabra, close to Tehit; Moraid
- ?Kuwani
Kuwani is attested only from a single word list, but is clearly distinct.[1]
References
- ^ Language, 1979, 55:899