The Papuan Gulf languages, sometimes called Kikorian after one hypothesized branch (Wikipedia's own Kikorian languages article redirects here), are a proposed language family of Papuan languages spoken inland from the large gulf that defines the shape of southern Papua New Guinea.
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Proto-Language StatusThe Papuan Gulf languages are treated as a proposed, not established, family uniting four branches: Kikorian, Strickland, Gogodala-Suki and Teberan-Pawaian. 1 Marked as a proposed grouping in its own classification record; no proto-Papuan Gulf language has been reconstructed, and the four branches are united by preliminary typological and lexical similarity rather than systematic sound correspondences. Browse and compare
Classification Confidence RegionInland from the Papuan Gulf, southern Papua New Guinea. 1 In the Other Atlases
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Source Wikidata: Papuan Gulf
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1. Wikipedia: Papuan Gulf languages
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spoken inland from the large gulf that defines the shape of southern Papua New Guinea
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The Papuan Gulf languages are a proposed language family of Papuan languages
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