West Papuan languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkb:Trans–New_Guinea_languages
gptkbp:controversy genetic unity debated
gptkbp:feature agglutinative morphology
complex verb morphology
noun classes
tonal distinctions (in some languages)
subject–object–verb order
lack of Austronesian influence (in core areas)
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1975
gptkbp:glottologCode west2561
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter gptkb:William_A._Foley
gptkb:Malcolm_Ross
gptkbp:hasSubgroup 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label West Papuan languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ngf
gptkbp:language about 28
gptkbp:languageFamily qfa-wsp
gptkbp:linguisticClassification gptkb:Papuan_languages
gptkbp:mainLanguage 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
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Stephen_Wurm
gptkbp:region gptkb:New_Guinea
gptkb:Halmahera
gptkb:Bird's_Head_Peninsula
gptkbp:relatedTo Papuan languages (as a broader group)
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Indonesia
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkbp:status endangered
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Papuan_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6