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Hagen 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
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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 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.



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