The Huon Gulf languages are a group of about thirty Western Oceanic languages spoken mainly in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, dividing into four subdivisions: North Huon Gulf, Markham, South Huon Gulf and Numbami. They likely form part of the North New Guinea languages within the Ngero-Vitiaz branch of Oceanic, and two North Huon Gulf languages, Bukawa and Yabem, are tonal, an unusual feature among Oceanic languages; the proto-language was reconstructed by Malcolm Ross in 1988.
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Proto-Language Statusreconstructed by Malcolm Ross in 1988 1 Sources
1. Huon Gulf languages - Wikipedia
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Papua New Guinea
Wikipedia, Proto-language section
Proto-Huon Gulf was reconstructed by Malcolm Ross in 1988 in Proto-Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia
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