Home›New Guinea and Pacific Language Families›Region›Papua New GuineaBrowse ByPapua New GuineaRegion names where a language family is spoken today, which can be far wider than where it began. Wikipedia notes several Indo-European languages "have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across Africa, Americas, Oceania and North Asia." This dimension shows the present-day reach of a family rather than only its point of origin.FactsPapua New GuineaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested840 1Papua New GuineaFilter Results63 entriesMacro-areaAllAustronesian (Oceanic) Languages (1)Austronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (1)East Papuan Language Phylum (1)New Guinea and Pacific Language Isolates and Small Families (13)Polynesian Languages (1)Ramu Languages (2)Sepik Languages (10)Torricelli Languages (6)Trans-New Guinea Languages (29)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllNuclear Polynesian languages (1)Trans-New Guinea (3)Speaker Count BandAll1 to 570 (1)24,600 to 795,000 (1)592 to 23,000 (1)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (2)Classification StatusAllEstablished (31)Number of LanguagesAll1 (1)2 (5)16 to 1,408 (4)3 to 5 (11)6 to 15 (11)In GroupAllAustronesian: Oceanic and Eastern Indonesia (1)East Papuan Language Phylum (1)New Guinea and Pacific Language Isolates and Small Families (13)Polynesian Languages (1)Ramu Languages (2)Sepik Languages (10)Torricelli Languages (6)Trans-New Guinea Languages (29)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Alamblak languagesPapua New GuineaAtaitan languagesPapua New GuineaBahinemo languagesPapua New GuineaBaibai-Fas languagesPapua New GuineaBainingPapua New GuineaBoazi languagesPapua New GuineaBogia LanguagesPapua New GuineaBosavi languagesPapua New GuineaBrahman languagesPapua New GuineaCentral and South New Guinea languagesPapua New GuineaDagan languagesPapua New GuineaDoso-Turumsa languagesPapua New GuineaDuna-Pogaya languagesPapua New GuineaEast New Guinea Highlands languagesPapua New GuineaEast Pauwasi languagesPapua New GuineaEast StricklandPapua New GuineaElemanPapua New GuineaEllicean languagesPapua New GuineaFinisterre-Huon languagesPapua New GuineaGrass languagesPapua New GuineaHanseman languagesPapua New GuineaIwam languagesPapua New GuineaKamula-Elevala languagesPapua New GuineaKeram languagesPapua New GuineaKombio-Arapeshan languagesPapua New GuineaKunimaipan languagesPapua New GuineaKutubuan languagesPapua New GuineaKwomtari LanguagesPapua New GuineaLower Ramu languagesPapua New GuineaMailuan languagesPapua New GuineaMaimai languagesPapua New GuineaManubaran languagesPapua New GuineaMarienberg languagesPapua New GuineaMiddle Ramu languagesPapua New GuineaMiddle Sepik languagesPapua New GuineaMindjim languagesPapua New GuineaMonumbo languagesPapua New GuineaNorthern Adelbert languagesPapua New GuineaNorthwest Solomonic languagesPapua New GuineaOne languagesPapua New GuineaPalei languagesPapua New GuineaPapuan GulfPapua New GuineaPiore River languagesPapua New GuineaPorapora languagesPapua New GuineaPyu language (Papuan)Papua New GuineaRam languagesPapua New GuineaSchouten languagesPapua New GuineaSepik Hill languagesPapua New GuineaSerra Hills languagesPapua New GuineaSogeram languagesPapua New GuineaShowing 1 to 50 of 63, 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.