Schouten languages
Encyclopedia
The 16 Schouten languages form a group of Austronesian languages
in northern Papua New Guinea
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Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia that are spoken by about 386 million people. It is on par with Indo-European, Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic and Uralic as one of the...
in northern Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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Languages
A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the Kairiru–Manam branch, but did not address the Siau branch.- Kairiru–Manam
- Kairiru languages: Kaiep, KairiruKairiru languageKairiru is one of three Kairiru languages spoken mainly on Kairiru and Mushu islands and in several coastal villages on the mainland between Cape Karawop and Cape Samein near Wewak in East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea.-Pronouns and person markers:...
, Terebu - Manam: Biem, Kis, Manam, Medebur, Sepa, Wogeo
- Kairiru languages: Kaiep, Kairiru
- Siau: Arop-Sissano, Malol, Sera, SissanoSissano languageSissano is an Austronesian language spoken by about 300 people around Sissano in Aitape District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.-Vowels:-Consonants:-External links:*...
, Ulau-Suain, Tumleo, Yakamul