| Papuan Tip | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | EasternNew Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Proto-language | Proto-Papuan Tip |
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | papu1253 |
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ThePapuan Tip languages are a branch of theWestern Oceanic languages consisting of 60 languages.
All Papuan Tip languages, exceptNimoa,Sudest, and theKilivila languages (all spoken on islands off the coast of mainlandPapua New Guinea), havesubject–object–verb (SOV) word order due to influences from nearbyPapuan languages (Lynch, Ross, & Crowley 2002:104). Universally, this is considered to be a typologically unusual change. Since these non-Austronesian influences can be reconstructed for Proto-Papuan Tip, they did not simply result from recent contact among individual daughter languages.[1]
According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows:[2]
Maisin is difficult to classify, but its Austronesian component likely belongs with Nuclear Papuan Tip.Yele has recently been tentatively classified as closest to Nimoa–Sudest, while others classify it as aPapuan language.
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