Home›New Guinea and Pacific Language Families›Reconstructed Ancestor›ReconstructedBrowse ByReconstructedFactsReconstructedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested840 1ReconstructedFilter Results73 entriesMacro-areaAllAustronesian (Oceanic) Languages (54)Austronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (20)Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (34)East Papuan Language Phylum (1)Micronesian Languages (1)New Guinea and Pacific Language Isolates and Small Families (4)Polynesian Languages (6)Sepik Languages (1)Trans-New Guinea Languages (6)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllAustronesian (2)Celebic languages (1)Central Philippine languages (2)Formosan (1)Malayo-Polynesian (2)Nuclear Polynesian languages (2)Western Malayo-Polynesian languages (1)Speaker Count BandAll24,600 to 795,000 (3)592 to 23,000 (1)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (7)RegionAllAfrica (14)Asia (40)Australia (19)East Asia (2)Indonesia (4)Luzon (1)Maritime Southeast Asia (1)Melanesia (1)Micronesia (5)New Guinea (2)Papua New Guinea (2)Philippines (2)Polynesia (7)Southeast Asia (2)Taiwan (1)Western Province (1)Classification StatusAllEstablished (55)Number of LanguagesAll2 (3)16 to 1,408 (28)3 to 5 (5)6 to 15 (19)In GroupAllAustronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (20)Austronesian: Philippines, Borneo and Western Indonesia (34)East Papuan Language Phylum (1)Micronesian Languages (1)New Guinea and Pacific Language Isolates and Small Families (4)Polynesian Languages (6)Sepik Languages (1)Trans-New Guinea Languages (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Admiralty Islands languagesReconstructedAnimReconstructedAru languagesReconstructedAtayalic languagesReconstructedAustronesianReconstructedAwyu-Ok languagesReconstructedBabar languagesReconstructedBali-Sasak-Sumbawa languagesReconstructedBaritoReconstructedBatakReconstructedBatanic languagesReconstructedBikolReconstructedBisayanReconstructedBungku-Tolaki languagesReconstructedCelebic languagesReconstructedCenderawasih languagesReconstructedCentral Flores languagesReconstructedCentral Luzon languagesReconstructedCentral Pacific languagesReconstructedCentral Philippine languagesReconstructedCentral SolomonReconstructedCentral-Eastern Oceanic languagesReconstructedChamicReconstructedDanao languagesReconstructedEast Barito languagesReconstructedFormosanReconstructedGorontalo-Mongondow languagesReconstructedGreater Binanderean languagesReconstructedGreater Central Philippine languagesReconstructedHuon Gulf languagesReconstructedKamula-Elevala languagesReconstructedLower Mamberamo languagesReconstructedMabuso languagesReconstructedMalayicReconstructedMalayo-PolynesianReconstructedManobo languagesReconstructedMarkham languagesReconstructedMarquesic languagesReconstructedMeso-Melanesian languagesReconstructedMicronesianReconstructedMoklenic languagesReconstructedMuna-Buton languagesReconstructedNdu languagesReconstructedNew Caledonian languagesReconstructedNgero-Vitiaz languagesReconstructedNorth-Central Vanuatu languagesReconstructedNorthwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands languagesReconstructedNuclear Polynesian languagesReconstructedNunusaku languagesReconstructedOceanicReconstructedShowing 1 to 50 of 73, page 1 of 2.12Next →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.