The Kainantu-Goroka languages are a family of Papuan languages established by Arthur Capell in 1948 under the name East Highlands. They formed the core of Stephen Wurm's 1960 East New Guinea Highlands family, and are one of the larger branches of Trans-New Guinea in Malcolm Ross's 2005 classification.
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Regionhighlands of Kainantu and Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea 1 Proto-Language StatusPartially reconstructed, pronouns for proto-Kainantu-Goroka by Ross 2005 with further lexical work by Usher 2020 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Kainantu-Goroka languages
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highlands of Kainantu and Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
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The Kainantu-Goroka languages are a family of Papuan languages established by Arthur Capell in 1948 under the name East Highlands. They formed the core of Stephen Wurm's 1960 East New Guinea Highlands family (the precursor of Trans-New Guinea), and are one of the larger branches of Trans-New Guinea in the 2005 classification of Malcolm Ross.
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