Home›New Guinea and Pacific Language Families›Classification Status›DisputedBrowse ByDisputedFactsDisputedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested840 1DisputedFilter Results9 entriesMacro-areaAllAustronesian (Oceanic) Languages (3)Austronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (1)Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (2)East Papuan Language Phylum (1)Micronesian Languages (2)Polynesian Languages (1)Sepik Languages (1)Trans-New Guinea Languages (1)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllAustronesian (1)Speaker Count BandAll24,600 to 795,000 (2)RegionAllAfrica (3)Asia (3)Australia (3)Europe (1)Melanesia (1)Micronesia (1)Oceania (1)Papua New Guinea (1)Polynesia (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (1)In GroupAllAustronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (1)Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (2)East Papuan Language Phylum (1)Micronesian Languages (2)Polynesian Languages (1)Sepik Languages (1)Trans-New Guinea Languages (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9East Papuan languagesDisputedFormosanDisputedMalayo-Sumbawan languagesDisputedMelanesian languagesDisputedMiddle Ramu languagesDisputedRemote Oceanic languagesDisputedSamoic languagesDisputedSepik-Ramu languagesDisputedTomini-Tolitoli languagesDisputedSources1. Wikipedia: Languages Of Papua New GuineaWikimedia FoundationLead section (Papua New Guinea, the macroarea's linguistic core)Quote, Lead section (Papua New Guinea, the macroarea's linguistic core)Ethnologue, among other sources, state that there are 840 living languages spoken in the country, although estimates vary due to the distinction between a language and a dialect.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.