The South Halmahera-West New Guinea languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, found on the islands and shores of the Halmahera Sea in the Indonesian province of North Maluku and around Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of Papua and West Papua. There are 38 languages in the branch.
Facts
Browse and compare
Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionHalmahera Sea islands and shores in North Maluku, and Cenderawasih Bay in Papua and West Papua, Indonesia 2 Compare
Number of Languages In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Glottolog: South Halmahera-West New Guinea (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 42
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. South Halmahera-West New Guinea languages, Wikipedia
Lead, sentence 1
The South Halmahera-West New Guinea (SHWNG) languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, found in the islands and along the shores of the Halmahera Sea in the Indonesian province of North Maluku and of Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of Papua and West Papua.
Infobox: protoname
Proto-South Halmahera-West New Guinea (Proto-SHWNG)
View the SourceWikidata: South Halmahera-West New Guinea languages
Wikidata Q2526616, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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.