West Bird's Head languages
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Geographic distribution | Papua |
Linguistic classification | West Papuan
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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
- Tehit (Kaibus), the most populous, with 10,000 speakers
- Kalabra, close to Tehit
- Moi
- Moraid
- Seget
- Kuwani
Kuwani is attested only from a single word list, but is clearly distinct.[1]
References
- ^ Language, 1979, 55:899