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Orya–Tor Languages
The Orya–Tor languages are a family of just over a dozen Papuan languages spoken in Western New Guinea, Indonesia. Classification The Tor family, named after the Tor River, is clearly established. Its closest relative appears to be Orya. Stephen Wurm Stephen Adolphe Wurm (, ; 19 August 1922 – 24 October 2001) was a Hungarian-born Australian linguist. Early life Wurm was born in Budapest, the second child to the German-speaking Adolphe Wurm and the Hungarian-speaking Anna Novroczky. ... (1975) linked Orya and the Tor languages with the Lakes Plain languages, forming a branch of his Trans–New Guinea phylum. Clouse (1997) found no evidence of such a connection. Malcolm Ross (2005) linked them instead with part of another erstwhile branch of TNG in a Tor–Kwerba proposal, and Usher makes a broadly similar proposal. ''Glottolog'' accepts only the link with Orya as having been demonstrated. Languages Foley (2018) Foley (2018) provides the following classifi ...
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Tor River
The Tor River (Bahasa Indonesia: ''Sungai Tor'') is a river in Western New Guinea with a total length of . [ Sungai Tor] in [ Geonames.org (cc-by)]; post updated 2013-05-07; database downloaded 2015-11-27 See also *List of drainage basins of Indonesia *List of rivers of Western New Guinea *Tor languages References

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Kwesten Language
Kwesten is a Papuan language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Arare, Holmhaven, Mafenter, and Omte villages in Sarmi Regency. References

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Maremgi Language
Maremgi, also known as Dineor, is a Papuan language of Indonesia. It is spoken near the village of Bonggo, west of Jayapura, in a place also known as Maremgi.United States of America. Defense Mapping Agency. (1982). ''Gazetteer of Indonesia: Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names''. Word lists Numbers Note - The counting system in Dineor may extend to twenty. References

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Vitou Language
Vitou is a Papuan language of Indonesia used mainly by older adults. It is spoken inland from Takar village in Pantar Timur subdistrict, Sarmi Regency Sarmi Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed from the western districts which had until then been part of Jayapura Regency with effect from 12 November 2002. It covers an area of 18,034.0 km2 .... References Languages of Western New Guinea Orya–Tor languages {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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Betaf Language
Betaf, or Tena, is a Papuan language of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... References Languages of Western New Guinea Orya–Tor languages {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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Keijar Language
Keijar (Keder) is a Papuan language of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ... used mainly by older adults. References Languages of Western New Guinea Endangered Papuan languages Orya–Tor languages {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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Dabe Language
Dabe is a Papuan language of Indonesia. It is spoken in Dabe village, Pantai Timur subdistrict, Sarmi Regency Sarmi Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed from the western districts which had until then been part of Jayapura Regency with effect from 12 November 2002. It covers an area of 18,034.0 km2 .... References Languages of Western New Guinea Orya–Tor languages {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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Bonerif Language
Bonerif is a Papuan language of Indonesia. It is closely related to Berik. The ISO 639 ISO 639 is a international standard, standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) concerned with representation of languages and language groups. It currently consists of four sets (1-3, 5) of code, named after each part w ... standard confuses it with Beneraf, another language in the same family. References Languages of Western New Guinea Orya–Tor languages {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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