East Papuan languages
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The East Papuan languages, also called the East Papuan phylum, is a group of Papuan languages spoken on the islands east of New Guinea, including the New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, the Solomon Islands, and Santa Cruz Islands. In Papuan linguistics, groups of languages with a genetic relationship, elsewhere referred to as language families, are referred to as phyla.
The East Papuan Languages were identified as a phylum by linguist S.A. Wurm and others. It was originally suggested that these languages form a family, but recent work has thrown doubt on whether all of the East Papuan languages have a genetic relationship. The subgroups identified by linguists may actually represent separate families.
Some of the languages of this phylum are:
- Bougainville languages
- East Bougainville languages
- West Bougainville languages
- Reef Islands-Santa Cruz languages
- Yele-Solomons-New Britain languages
- New Britain Languages
- Anem language - New Britain
- Qauet language - New Britain
- Kairak language - New Britain
- Mali language - New Britain
- Simbali language - New Britain
- Taulil language - New Britain
- Butam language - New Britain
- Ura language - New Britain
- Malkolkol language - New Britain
- Kol language - New Britain
- Kuot language - New Ireland
- Sulka language - New Britain
- Pele-Ata language - New Britain
- Yele-Solomons languages
- Bilua language - Vella LaVella Island, Solomon Islands
- Baniata language - South Rendova Island, Solomon Islands
- Lavukaleve language - Russel Islands, Solomon Islands
- Savosavo language - Savo Island, Solomon Islands
- Dororo language - New Georgia, Solomon Islands (Extinct)
- Guliguli language - New Georgia, Solomon Islands (Extinct)
- Kazukuru language - New Georgia, Solomon Islands (Extinct)
- Yelî Dnye language (Yeli language) - Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea
- New Britain Languages