Chimbu–Wahgi languages

Chimbu–Wahgi
Central–East New Guinea Highlands
Geographic distribution:	New Guinea
Linguistic classification:	Trans–New Guinea Chimbu–Wahgi
Subdivisions:	Chimbu Hagen Jimi Wahgi
Glottolog:	cent2120
Map: The Chimbu–Wahgi languages of New Guinea   The Chimbu–Wahgi languages   Other Trans–New Guinea languages   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

The Chimbu–Wahgi languages are a family of the Trans–New Guinea languages.

There is little doubt that the Chimbu–Wahgi family is valid. The languages are:

Several of the Chimbu–Wahgi languages have interesting lateral consonants. See Nii, Wahgi, and Kuman for examples. Tone is contrastive. The singular pronouns are:

Dual *-l and plural *-n reflect TNG forms.