Nehan–Bougainville languages
Appearance
Nehan–Bougainville | |
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Geographic distribution | Bougainville Island |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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The dozen Nehan–Bougainville languages are a group of Oceanic languages spoken on the Green Islands (Nissan Island), Buka Island, Bougainville, and surrounding islands in Papua New Guinea.
Languages
The unity of the family was supported at a 95% confidence level by a 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database[1] Within the family, Nehan and Saposa–Tinputz were supported at a 92% level against Piva–Bannoni.
The Buka languages, Papapana, and Solos were not included in the 2008 analysis. They have traditionally been classified as independent branches of Nehan – North Bougainville. Of the Saposa–Tinputz languages, Saposa and Teop were found to cluster together against the others.
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