Momuna languages
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The Momuna languages, Momina and Momuna
, also known as Somahai, are a family
of two closely related Papuan languages
. They were placed in the Central and South New Guinea
branch of the Trans–New Guinea family by Wurm, but Malcolm Ross
could not locate enough evidence to classify them.
Momuna language
Momuna, also known as Somahai , is a Papuan language of Indonesia....
, also known as Somahai, are a family
Language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...
of two closely related Papuan languages
Papuan languages
The Papuan languages are those languages of the western Pacific which are neither Austronesian nor Australian. The term does not presuppose a genetic relationship. The concept of Papuan peoples as distinct from Melanesians was first suggested and named by Sidney Herbert Ray in 1892.-The...
. They were placed in the Central and South New Guinea
Central and South New Guinea languages
The Central and South New Guinea languages are a proposed family of the Trans–New Guinea languages . They were part of Voorhoeve & McElhanon's original TNG proposal, but have been reduced in scope by half in the classification of Malcolm Ross...
branch of the Trans–New Guinea family by Wurm, but Malcolm Ross
Malcolm Ross
Malcolm David Ross is a linguist and professor at the Australian National University. He has published work on Austronesian and Papuan languages, historical linguistics, and language contact.-External links:**...
could not locate enough evidence to classify them.