The Papuan Gulf languages are a proposed
language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ''ancestral language'' or ''parental language'', called the proto-language of that family. The term "family" reflects the tree model of language origination in hist ...
of
Papuan languages spoken inland from
the large gulf that defines the shape of southern Papua New Guinea.
NewGuineaWord Papuan Gulf
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Languages
*Kikorian (Kikori River
The Kikori River is a major river in southern Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea. The river has a total length of and flows southeast into the Gulf of Papua, with its delta at the head of the gulf. The settlement of Kikori lies on the de ...
)
** Kutubuan
** Turama–Kikorian
*Strickland ( Strickland and Soari River)
** East Strickland
** Doso–Turumsa
* Gogodala–Suki (Suki–Aramia River
The Aramia River is a river in southwestern Papua New Guinea. Aramia Riverin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2013-05-07; database downloaded 2015-06-22
See also
*List of rivers of Papua New Guinea This is a list of rivers of Papua New Guinea.
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* Tua River
** Teberan
**'' Wiru''
**'' Pawaia''
Lexical comparison
The lexical data below is from the Trans-New Guinea database
References
Further reading
*Franklin, K. editor. ''The linguistic situation in the Gulf District and adjacent areas, Papua New Guinea''. C-26, x + 607 pages. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1973.
{{language families
Languages of Papua New Guinea
Proposed language families
Papuan languages