Kiwaian languages
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The Kiwaian languages form a language family of New Guinea. They are a dialect cluster of half a dozen closely related languages.[1] They are grammatically divergent from the Trans–New Guinea languages, and typically have singular, dual, trial, and plural pronouns.[2]
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Kiwaian | |
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Geographic distribution | Papua New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | a primary language family |
Glottolog | kiwa1251 |
Map: The Kiwaian languages of New Guinea
The Kiwaian languages
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
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