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Kilivila languages

Papuan Tip
Geographic
distribution		 Eastern New Guinea
Linguistic classification Austronesian
Subdivisions
  • Nuclear Papuan Tip
  • Sualic
  • North Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
  • Peripheral Papuan Tip
  • Kilivila–Misima
  • Nimoa–Sudest
  • Central Papuan Tip
Glottolog papu1253
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The Papuan Tip languages are a branch of the Western Oceanic languages consisting of 60 languages. All Papuan Tip languages, except Nimoa, Sudest, and the Kilivila languages (all spoken on islands off the coast of mainland Papua New Guinea), have SOV word order due to influences from nearby Papuan languages (Lynch, Ross, & Crowley 2002:104). Universally, this is considered to be a typologically unusual change.

According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows:

Maisin is difficult to classify, but its Austronesian component likely belongs with Nuclear Papuan Tip.


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