The Huon Gulf languages are a group of about thirty Western Oceanic languages spoken mainly in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, dividing into four subdivisions: North Huon Gulf, Markham, South Huon Gulf and Numbami. They likely form part of the North New Guinea languages within the Ngero-Vitiaz branch of Oceanic, and two North Huon Gulf languages, Bukawa and Yabem, are tonal, an unusual feature among Oceanic languages; the proto-language was reconstructed by Malcolm Ross in 1988.
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The Huon Gulf languages are Western Oceanic languages spoken primarily in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
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Source Huon Gulf languages - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articleQuote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Huon Gulf languages are Western Oceanic languages spoken primarily in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
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1. Glottolog: Huon Gulf (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 32
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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Proto-Huon Gulf was reconstructed by Malcolm Ross in 1988 in Proto-Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia
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Proto-Huon Gulf
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