Nehan–Bougainville languages

Nehan–Bougainville
Nehan–Bougainville
Geographic; distribution	Bougainville Island
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Meso-Melanesian Core Meso-Melanesian St George linkage Northwest Solomonic Nehan–Bougainville; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

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.

Piva–Bannoni: Piva (Lawunuia), Bannoni
Nehan – North Bougainville
- Nehan (Nissan)
- Saposa–Tinputz: Hahon, Saposa (Taiof) – Teop, Tinputz
- Buka: Halia–Hakö, Petats
- Papapana
- Solos

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.

References

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[1] Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database

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