The East New Britain languages are a possible small language family spoken on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. They were classified as East Papuan languages by Stephen Wurm, but this does not now seem tenable; the only comparative work done between the two branches of the proposed family, a 2001 study by Malcolm Ross, shows similarities in the pronouns.
Facts
RegionGazelle Peninsula, New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1 Proto-Language StatusPartially reconstructed (pronouns only, proto-ENB forms, Ross 2001) 1 Sources
1. East New Britain languages - Wikipedia
Introduction
spoken on the Gazelle Peninsula of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
Languages section
The only comparative work that has been done between the two branches of the proposed family is Ross (2001), which shows similarities in the pronouns.
View the SourceWikidata: East New Britain languages
Wikidata Q748487, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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