The West Papuan languages are a proposed language family of about two dozen non-Austronesian languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula of far western New Guinea, the island of Halmahera and its vicinity, spoken by about 220,000 people in all. It is not established whether they constitute a proper linguistic family or an areal network of genetically unrelated families.
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Disputed
Proto-Language StatusNot established as a proper family; may be an areal network 1 Sources describe the classification as contested Speaker Count Sources
1. West Papuan languages - Wikipedia
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spoken by about 220,000 people in all
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It is not established if they constitute a proper linguistic family or an areal network of genetically unrelated families.
View the SourceWikidata: West Papuan languages
Wikidata Q1363026, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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