The Dani, or Baliem Valley, languages are a family of clearly related Trans-New Guinea languages spoken by the Dani and related peoples in the Baliem Valley in Highland Papua, Indonesia. A 2003 study by William Foley considers their Trans-New Guinea language group status to be established. They may be most closely related to the languages of the Paniai Lakes, though this is not yet clear; a 1962 proposal by Arthur Capell that their closest relatives were the Kwerba languages was rejected by Malcolm Ross in 2005.
Facts
RegionBaliem Valley, Highland Papua, Indonesia 1 Proto-Language StatusPartially reconstructed (Usher 2020 consonant inventory) 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
Sources
1. Dani languages - Wikipedia
Introduction
The Dani or Baliem Valley languages are a family of clearly related Trans-New Guinea languages spoken by the Dani and related peoples in the Baliem Valley in the Highland Papua, Indonesia.
Phonemes section
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows
View the SourceWikidata: Baliem Valley languages
Wikidata Q3217389, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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