Home›New Guinea and Pacific Language Families›Classification Status›EstablishedBrowse ByEstablishedFactsEstablishedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested840 1EstablishedFilter Results215 entriesMacro-areaAllAustronesian (Oceanic) Languages (87)Austronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (27)Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (60)East Papuan Language Phylum (2)Micronesian Languages (2)New Guinea and Pacific Language Isolates and Small Families (37)New Guinea and Pacific Sign Languages (1)Polynesian Languages (5)Ramu Languages (2)Sepik Languages (13)Torricelli Languages (2)Trans-New Guinea Languages (61)West Papuan Language Phylum (3)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllAustronesian (1)Celebic languages (1)Central Philippine languages (2)Formosan (2)Malayo-Polynesian (3)Nuclear Polynesian languages (1)South Sulawesi languages (1)Trans-New Guinea (7)Western Malayo-Polynesian languages (1)Speaker Count BandAll1 to 570 (1)24,600 to 795,000 (8)592 to 23,000 (12)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (10)RegionAllAfrica (61)Asia (76)Australia (66)Bird's Head Peninsula (1)Borneo (2)East Asia (3)Georgia (1)Indonesia (20)Luzon (3)Malaysia (1)Maritime Southeast Asia (2)Melanesia (1)Micronesia (6)New Guinea (8)Papua New Guinea (43)Philippines (5)Polynesia (5)Samoa (1)Solomon Islands (2)South Sulawesi (2)Southeast Asia (3)Taiwan (1)Timor-Leste (1)Tonga (1)Vanuatu (2)Western Province (2)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (62)Number of LanguagesAll2 (23)16 to 1,408 (58)3 to 5 (39)6 to 15 (59)In GroupAllAustronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (27)Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (60)East Papuan Language Phylum (2)Micronesian Languages (2)New Guinea and Pacific Language Isolates and Small Families (37)New Guinea and Pacific Sign Languages (1)Polynesian Languages (5)Ramu Languages (2)Sepik Languages (13)Torricelli Languages (2)Trans-New Guinea Languages (61)West Papuan Language Phylum (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Admiralty Islands languagesEstablishedAlamblak languagesEstablishedAlor-Pantar languagesEstablishedAmto-MusanEstablishedAnganEstablishedAnimEstablishedApauwar Coast languagesEstablishedArafundi languagesEstablishedArapesh languagesEstablishedAru languagesEstablishedAsmat-Kamrau languagesEstablishedAsmat-Mombum languagesEstablishedAtaitan languagesEstablishedAtayalic languagesEstablishedAustronesianEstablishedAwyu languagesEstablishedAwyu-Ok languagesEstablishedBabar languagesEstablishedBadaic languagesEstablishedBahinemo languagesEstablishedBaibai-Fas languagesEstablishedBainingEstablishedBaliem Valley languagesEstablishedBali-Sasak-Sumbawa languagesEstablishedBaritoEstablishedBatakEstablishedBatanic languagesEstablishedBayono-Awbono languagesEstablishedBerawan-Lower Baram languagesEstablishedBikolEstablishedBisayanEstablishedBoazi languagesEstablishedBogia LanguagesEstablishedBorderEstablishedBosavi languagesEstablishedBulaka RiverEstablishedBungku-Tolaki languagesEstablishedCelebic languagesEstablishedCenderawasih languagesEstablishedCentral Cordilleran languagesEstablishedCentral Flores languagesEstablishedCentral Luzon languagesEstablishedCentral Pacific languagesEstablishedCentral Philippine languagesEstablishedCentral Vanuatu languagesEstablishedChamicEstablishedChimbu-WahgiEstablishedChuukic-Pohnpeic languagesEstablishedDagan languagesEstablishedDanao languagesEstablishedShowing 1 to 50 of 215, page 1 of 5.123…5Next →Sources1. 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.