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Nuclear South Bird's Head Languages
The Nuclear South Bird's Head, Core South Bird's Head or East South Bird's Head languages form a small language family of western New Guinea. They either form part of a wider South Bird's Head language family, or may be an independent language family if not related to the Inanwatan and Konda–Yahadian languages. Languages There are six languages: * East South Bird's Head ** Kais (Kampong Baru) ** Iwaro–Kaburi *** Kaburi *** Puragi (Iwaro) ** Kokoda–Arandai *** Kokoda (Tarof, Kasuweri) *** Arandai **** Kemberano (Weriagar, Barau) **** Dombano (Tomu) Proto-language Some lexical reconstructions by Usher (2020) are:Timothy Usher, New Guinea WorldProto–East South Bird's Head/ref> : References External links * Timothy Usher, New Guinea WorldProto–East South Bird's Head {{DEFAULTSORT:South Bird's Head languages Nuclear Nuclear may refer to: Physics Relating to the nucleus of the atom: * Nuclear engineering *Nuclear physics *Nuclear power *Nuclear reacto ...
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Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', nl, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai''), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces of Southwest Papua and West Papua. The peninsula just to the south is called the Bomberai Peninsula, while the peninsula at the opposite end of the island (in Papua New Guinea) is called the Bird's Tail Peninsula. Location and geography The Bird's Head Peninsula is at the northwestern end of the island of New Guinea. It is bounded by Cenderawasih Bay to the east, Bintuni Bay to the south, and the Dampier Strait to the west. Across the strait is Waigeo, an island in the Raja Ampat archipelago. Batanta island lies just off the peninsula’s northwest tip. Another peninsula, Bomberai Peninsula, lies to the south, across Bintuni Bay. The peninsula is around 200 by 300 kilometers, and is bio-geographically diverse, containing coastal plain ...
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Trans–New Guinea Languages
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands ‒ corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as parts of Indonesia. Trans–New Guinea is the third-largest language family in the world by number of languages. The core of the family is considered to be established, but its boundaries and overall membership are uncertain. The languages are spoken by around 3 million people. There have been three main proposals as to its internal classification. History of the proposal Although Papuan languages for the most part are poorly documented, several of the branches of Trans–New Guinea have been recognized for some time. The Eleman languages were first proposed by S. Ray in 1907, parts of Marind were recognized by Ray and JHP Murray in 1918, and the Rai Coast languages in 1919, again by Ray. The precursor of the Trans–New Guinea family was Stephen Wurm's 1960 proposal of an East New Guinea ...
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Berau Gulf Languages
The Berau Gulf languages form a high-level branch of the Trans–New Guinea language family in the classification of Timothy Usher. They are spoken along the coasts of the Berau Gulf of western New Guinea (southwestern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula, the northern coast of the Bomberai Peninsula and the entirety of the Fakfak Peninsula), as well as the islands of Timor (primarily East Timor), Alor Island, Alor and Pantar further west. The constituent families are, *West Bomberai languages, West Bomberai (including the Timor–Alor–Pantar languages) *South Bird's Head languages, South Bird's Head (North Berau Gulf) *''Mor language (Papuan), Mor'' References

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South Bird's Head Languages
The South Bird's Head or South Doberai languages are three families of Papuan languages. They form part of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classifications of Malcolm Ross (2005) and Timothy Usher (2020), though Pawley and Hammarström (2018) do not consider them to be part of Trans–New Guinea. However, according to Dryer (2022), based on a preliminary quantitative analysis of data from the ASJP database, South Bird's Head languages are likely to be a subgroup of Trans–New Guinea. Languages The languages are as follows, * Konda-Yahadian (Yabin): Konda, Yahadian * Inanwatan (West South Bird's Head): Duriankere, Inanwatan (Suabo) * South Bird's Head proper (East South Bird's Head): ** Kais (Kampong Baru) ** Iwaro–Kaburi *** Kaburi *** Puragi (Iwaro) ** Kokoda–Arandai *** Kokoda (Tarof, Kasuweri) *** Arandai **** Kemberano (Weriagar, Barau) **** Dombano (Tomu) Noting low cognacy rates, Holton and Klamer (2018) tentatively consider the following three la ...
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Inanwatan Languages
Inanwatan is a small coastal town in Southwest Papua, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... The town is located on the southern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula. The area was named by the colonists from Patipi, who were impressed by the extent of the sago swamps here. The word ''inanwatan'' originates in a Patipi-language expression meaning "it is all sago" (from ''inan'' 'sago' and ''sewatan'' 'one'). References Populated places in Southwest Papua {{SwPapua-geo-stub ...
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Kais Language
Kais is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of Kais District, South Sorong Regency South Sorong Regency ( id, Sorong Selatan ) is a regency of Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. It has an area of 7,789.92 km2, and had a population of 37,900 at the 2010 Census and 52,469 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is th ..., West Papua. References Nuclear South Bird's Head languages {{TNG-lang-stub ...
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Kaburi Language
Kaburi is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', nl, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai''), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces ... of West Papua. References Nuclear South Bird's Head languages {{TNG-lang-stub ...
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Puragi Language
Puragi, or Iwaro, is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula spoken in Puragi village, Matemani District, South Sorong Regency, West Papua. Distribution Locations within Sorong Selatan Regency South Sorong Regency ( id, Sorong Selatan ) is a regency of Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. It has an area of 7,789.92 km2, and had a population of 37,900 at the 2010 Census and 52,469 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is th ...: *Matemani District: Saga and Puragi villages *Inanwatan District: Isogo village References Nuclear South Bird's Head languages {{TNG-lang-stub ...
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Kokoda Language
Kokoda is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of Kokoda District, South Sorong Regency South Sorong Regency ( id, Sorong Selatan ) is a regency of Southwest Papua province of Indonesia. It has an area of 7,789.92 km2, and had a population of 37,900 at the 2010 Census and 52,469 at the 2020 Census. The administrative centre is th ..., West Papua. The three dialects—Kokoda proper, Kasuweri, and Tarof—are divergent enough to sometimes be considered separate languages. References External links * Nuclear South Bird's Head languages {{TNG-lang-stub ...
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Arandai Languages
Arandai is a dialect cluster of Teluk Bintuni Regency in West Papua, Indonesia. In Teluk Bintuni Regency, it is spoken in Aranday, Kamundan, and Weriagar districts. Names and varieties The treatment at '' Ethnologue'' appears to be inconsistent. ISO codes are assigned to two languages, "Arandai" and "Kemberano", the latter of which is also called Arandai. They are said to have 85% lexical similarity, which would make them dialects of one language. However, the two dialects given for Arandai, also called Kemberano and Arandai ( Tomu and Dombano), are said to have only 71% lexical similarity, making them different languages. Dialects of Kemberano (Weriagar) are listed as Weriagar (Kemberano) and Barau. Additional alternative names of Arandai/Kemberano/Dombano–Tomu are given as Jaban (Yaban), Sebyar, Sumuri. An additional name of Kemberano/Arandai/Barau–Weriagar is given as Kalitami. ''Linguasphere The Linguasphere Observatory (or "the Observatoire", based on its origina ...
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Kemberano Language
Kemberano is a Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', nl, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai''), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces ... of West Papua, Indonesia. Morphology Kemberano nouns are required to have the following concord suffixes: *–''i'' (masculine nouns) *–''o'' (feminine nouns) Examples (from Berry and Berry 1987: 86): References Nuclear South Bird's Head languages {{TNG-lang-stub ...
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