| Cenderawasih Bay | |
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| West New Guinea | |
| Geographic distribution | Cenderawasih Bay,Western New Guinea,Indonesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | cend1238 |
TheCenderawasih languages, approximately synonymous withWest New Guinea languages, are a branch ofAustronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the islands and shoreline ofCenderawasih Bay in the provinces ofWest Papua,Central Papua andPapua.
Most of the languages are only known from short word lists, butBiak is fairly well attested.
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| Halmahera Sea |
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