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West Papuan languages - Wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Papuan_languages
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West Papuan languages - Wikipedia
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The West Papuan languages are a proposed language family of about two dozen non-Austronesian languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea, the island of Halmahera and its vicinity, spoken by about 220,000 people in all.
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Claims Backed By This Source (5 claims)

This source backs 5 claims across the atlas. As facts: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Language Families, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.

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2

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Scholarly debate

1

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