Directory of Papuan Resources

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Anything related to the Papuan (or non-Austronesian) languages. These languages are found primarily ont he island of New Guinea, but also on neighboring islands in Indonesia and the Solomon Islands. Papuan languages are not necessarily genetically related to each other but are characterized by having been established prior to the migration of Austronesian-speaking peoples. Papuan languages often have complex grammars, especially compared to their neighboring Austronesian languages.

Subcategories

• East Papuan
• Sepik-Ramu
• Torricelli
• Trans-New Guinea
• West Papuan

Resources in This Category

• Papuan Language Families and Genera

  http://linguistics.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/dryer/dryer/papuan
  Classification of some of the better-known Papuan languages of Papua-New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.

• Papuan Languages

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papuan_languages
  Description of and list of phyla in the Papuan languages.

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