Nuclear Papuan Tip languages

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Nuclear Papuan Tip
Geographic
distribution:
Eastern New Guinea
Genetic
classification
:
Austronesian
 Malayo-Polynesian
  Oceanic
   Western Oceanic
    Papuan Tip
     Kilivila–Nuclear Papuan Tip
      Nuclear Papuan Tip
Subdivisions:

The thirty Nuclear Papuan Tip languages form a group of Austronesian languages in easternmost Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Components

The position of Maisin is unclear; it appears to be a mix of a Nuclear Papuan Tip language and a Papuan language, and therefore may not be classifiable in any one family.