Angan languages
| Angan | |
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| Ethnicity | Angu people |
| Geographic distribution |
New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | anga1289 |
Map: The Angan languages of New Guinea
The Angan languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited
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The Angan languages are a family of the Trans–New Guinea languages in the classification of Malcolm Ross. The Angan languages are clearly valid as a family. They were first identified as such by J. Lloyd and A. Healey in 1968; Wurm (1975) classified them as Trans–New Guinea.
Menya is notable for its dyadic kinship terms (terms referring to the relationship two or more people have to each other), which are present in less than 10 languages and not prevalent in Papua New Guinea (though they also exist in the Oksapmin language).
Pronouns (independent and object prefixes) are:
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