Schouten languages
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| Schouten | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Northern New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification: | Austronesian
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| Subdivisions: |
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The 16 Schouten languages form a group of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea.
[edit] Languages
A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[1] fully supported the Kairiru–Manam branch, but did not address the Siau branch.
- Kairiru–Manam
- Siau: Arop-Sissano, Malol, Sera, Sissano, Ulau-Suain, Tumleo, Yakamul
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