gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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trans1276
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Trans–New Guinea family
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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ngf
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gptkbp:language
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over 500
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gptkbp:linguisticClassification
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gptkb:Papuan_languages
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:Asmat
gptkb:Enga
gptkb:Kâte
gptkb:Mek
gptkb:Yali
gptkb:Kuman
gptkb:Kewa
gptkb:Western_Dani
gptkb:Wiru
gptkb:Huli
gptkb:Melpa
gptkb:Fore
gptkb:Kamano
Kalam
Baliem Valley languages
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gptkbp:notableFor
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high linguistic diversity
one of the world's largest language families by number of languages
spoken in rugged, mountainous terrain
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gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
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over 3 million
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gptkbp:proposedBy
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gptkb:Stephen_Wurm
1975
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:Oceania
Melanesia
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:East_Timor
gptkb:Indonesia
gptkb:New_Guinea
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkb:West_Papua
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gptkbp:status
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proposed family
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gptkbp:subfamily
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gptkb:Baliem_Valley
gptkb:Dani
gptkb:Madang
gptkb:Kâte
gptkb:Mek
gptkb:Yali
gptkb:Kewa
gptkb:Asmat–Kamoro
gptkb:Baining
gptkb:Chimbu–Wahgi
gptkb:Engan
gptkb:Finisterre–Huon
gptkb:Kainantu–Goroka
gptkb:Kiwaian
gptkb:Wiru
gptkb:Huli
gptkb:Melpa
gptkb:Fore
Kalam
Anim
Ok
Awyu–Ok
Kamano–Yagaria
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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Latin script (for some languages)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:North_Papuan_Mainland_–_D'Entrecasteaux_languages
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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