gptkbp:instanceOf
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language family
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gptkbp:compatibleWith
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gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkb:Trans–New_Guinea_languages
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gptkbp:controversy
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genetic unity debated
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gptkbp:feature
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agglutinative morphology
complex verb morphology
noun classes
tonal distinctions (in some languages)
subject–object–verb order
lack of Austronesian influence (in core areas)
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gptkbp:firstDescribed
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1975
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gptkbp:glottologCode
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west2561
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gptkbp:hasResearchCenter
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gptkb:William_A._Foley
gptkb:Malcolm_Ross
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gptkbp:hasSubgroup
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gptkb:Abun_languages
gptkb:Bird's_Head_languages
gptkb:Hatam–Mansim_languages
gptkb:Maybrat_languages
gptkb:Meyah_languages
gptkb:Mpur_languages
gptkb:West_Bird's_Head_languages
gptkb:East_Bird's_Head_languages
gptkb:North_Halmahera_languages
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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West Papuan languages
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gptkbp:ISO639-3
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ngf
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gptkbp:language
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about 28
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gptkbp:languageFamily
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qfa-wsp
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gptkbp:linguisticClassification
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gptkb:Papuan_languages
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:Moi
gptkb:North_Halmahera
gptkb:East_Bird's_Head
gptkb:Hatam
gptkb:Meyah
gptkb:Mpur
gptkb:Nuclear_West_Papuan
gptkb:Sougb
gptkb:Tehit
gptkb:West_Bird's_Head
gptkb:Maybrat
gptkb:Abun
gptkb:Ternate
gptkb:Tidore
Mansim
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gptkbp:proposedBy
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gptkb:Stephen_Wurm
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gptkbp:region
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gptkb:New_Guinea
gptkb:Halmahera
gptkb:Bird's_Head_Peninsula
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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Papuan languages (as a broader group)
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gptkbp:spokenIn
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gptkb:Indonesia
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
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gptkbp:status
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endangered
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gptkbp:writingSystem
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gptkb:Latin_script
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Papuan_languages
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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