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Berau Gulf languages

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Language family of New Guinea
Berau Gulf
Geographic
distribution
Berau Gulf (West Papua), East Timor
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
  • Berau Gulf
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone
The Berau Gulf languages of New Guinea   Berau Gulf languages   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

The Berau Gulf languages form a high-level branch of the Trans–New Guinea language family in the classification of Timothy Usher. They are spoken along the coasts of the Berau Gulf of western New Guinea (southwestern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula, the northern coast of the Bomberai Peninsula and the entirety of the Fakfak Peninsula), as well as the islands of Timor (primarily East Timor), Alor and Pantar further west. The constituent families are,

References

  1. NewGuineaWorld
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