Trans–New Guinea languages

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Trans–New_Guinea_languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	language family
gptkbp:glottologCode	tran1285
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Trans–New Guinea languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3	ngf
gptkbp:language	over 300
gptkbp:largestCity	gptkb:Enga
gptkbp:largestLanguageSpeakers	~200,000
gptkbp:linguisticClassification	gptkb:Papuan_languages
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Mian gptkb:Asmat gptkb:Enga gptkb:Mek gptkb:Kuman gptkb:Awyu gptkb:Kewa gptkb:Western_Dani gptkb:Arafundi gptkb:Binandere gptkb:Fasu gptkb:Koiari gptkb:Kombio gptkb:Murik gptkb:Wiru gptkb:Huli gptkb:Melpa gptkb:Fore gptkb:Kamano gptkb:Yagaria Kalam Ok Bimin
gptkbp:notableFeature	agglutinative morphology complex verb morphology noun class systems tonal and non-tonal languages subject–object–verb word order high linguistic diversity limited mutual intelligibility pronoun system similarities
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 3 million
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:Stephen_Wurm 1975
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Oceania
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Papuan_languages
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:East_Timor gptkb:Indonesia gptkb:New_Guinea gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Asmat gptkb:Dani gptkb:Mek gptkb:Awyu gptkb:Kewa gptkb:Arafundi gptkb:Asmat–Kamoro gptkb:Awyu–Dumut gptkb:Baining gptkb:Binandere gptkb:Binanderean gptkb:Bosavi gptkb:Chimbu–Wahgi gptkb:Engan gptkb:Fasu gptkb:Finisterre–Huon gptkb:Kainantu–Goroka gptkb:Kamula–Elevala gptkb:Kiwaian gptkb:Koiari gptkb:Koiarian gptkb:Kombio gptkb:Kombio–Arapesh gptkb:Murik gptkb:Wiru gptkb:Fore gptkb:Yagaria Kalam Ok
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Koopa_language gptkb:Huli
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5