Chimbu languages

Chimbu–Wahgi
Central East New Guinea Highlands Simbu – Western Highlands
Geographic distribution	New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Northeast 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 language family sometimes included in the Trans–New Guinea proposal.

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

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

Dual *-l and plural *-n reflect Trans–New Guinea forms.