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'''West Bird's Head languages''' are a small family of poorly documented [[Papuan languages]] spoken on the [[Bird's Head Peninsula]] of New Guinea. |
'''West Bird's Head languages''' are a small family of poorly documented [[Papuan languages]] spoken on the [[Bird's Head Peninsula]] of New Guinea. |
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The West Bird's Head |
The West Bird's Head family is a well-defined family of six languages spoken at the western end of the [[Bird's Head Peninsula]] of New Guinea and the eastern part of the island of [[Salawati]] opposite the Bird's Head's western shore. |
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==Language contact== |
==Language contact== |
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* Seget–Moi: |
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**[[Seget language|Seget]] |
**[[Seget language|Seget]] |
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**[[Moi language|Moi]] |
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* South West Bird's Head: |
* South West Bird's Head: |
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**[[Tehit language|Tehit]] (or Kaibus; the most populous, with 10,000 speakers) |
**[[Tehit language|Tehit]] (or Kaibus; the most populous, with 10,000 speakers) |
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Revision as of 19:16, 4 March 2020
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| Geographic distribution | West Papua |
| Linguistic classification | West Papuan
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| Glottolog | west1493 |
West Bird's Head languages are a small family of poorly documented Papuan languages spoken on the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.
The West Bird's Head family is a well-defined family of six languages spoken at the western end of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea and the eastern part of the island of Salawati opposite the Bird's Head's western shore.
Language contact
West Bird's Head languages have been heavily influenced by Austronesian languages. Austronesian influence is evident in SVO word order (as opposed to SOV word order in most other Papuan language families), pronouns, numerals, and other typological features.[1]: 625
Languages
- Seget–Moi:
- South West Bird's Head:
- ? Kuwani
Kuwani is attested only from a single word list, but is clearly distinct.[2]
References
- ^ Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 569–640. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ^ Voorhoeve, C.L. 1975. West Papuan Phylum languages on the mainland of New Guinea: Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula. Papuan Languages and the New Guinea Linguistic Scene, ed. by S.A. Wurm, 717-28. (Pacific Linguistics C-38). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.