Papuan Tip languages

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

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

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A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database^[1] fully supported the unity of the Papuan Tip languages.

The analysis included the Central Papuan 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 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)
      • Bwaidoga languages
      • Dobu-Duau languages

The other branches of North Papuan Mainland–D'Entrecasteaux, Anuki, Gumawana, and the Kakabai languages, were not considered in the 2008 analysis.

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