Papuan Tip languages

Papuan Tip
Geographic distribution:	Eastern New Guinea
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip
Subdivisions:	—

The sixty Papuan Tip languages form a branch of the Western Oceanic languages.

Languages

A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of the Papuan Tip languages.

The analysis included the Central Papuan Tip languages Magori, Motu, and Mekeo; Kilivila; and several "Nuclear Papuan Tip" languages. Neither traditional Nuclear Papuan Tip nor its main branch, North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux, were supported as units. The position of Maisin was not tested.

• Central Papuan Tip languages
• Kilivila–Nuclear
  • Kilivila–Louisiades languages (at least Kilivili fits here)
  • Are–Taupota (at least Are fits here)
  • Nuclear Papuan Tip languages (reduced)
    • Suauic languages
    • ? Maisin
    • North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux languages (reduced)