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    The ChimbuWahgi languages are a language family sometimes included in the Trans–New Guinea proposal. There is little doubt that the ChimbuWahgi family...
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  • Wahgi is a Trans–New Guinea language of the ChimbuWahgi branch spoken by approximately 100,000 people in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Like other...
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  • monolinguals. Ethnologue also reported 70,000 second language speakers in 2021. Like other Chimbu languages, Kuman has rather unusual lateral consonants. Besides...
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  • several ChimbuWahgi language varieties of Tabare Rural LLG (also called Sinasina), Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea. The term 'Sinasina' as a language name...
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    different branches of what became TNG for the first time, linking Engan, ChimbuWahgi, Goroka, and Kainantu. (Duna and Kalam were added in 1971.) Then in 1970...
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    Voiceless velar lateral fricative (category Articles containing Archi-language text)
    fricatives or affricates. In New Guinea, some of the ChimbuWahgi languages such as Melpa, Middle Wahgi, and Nii, have a voiceless velar lateral fricative...
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  • Nii is a Trans–New Guinea language of the ChimbuWahgi branch spoken in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Nii has an unusual number of lateral consonants:...
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    The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia...
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  • Waghi (redirect from Wahgi)
    Wahgi) may refer to: North Waghi Rural LLG South Waghi Rural LLG North Waghi District Anglimp-South Waghi District Waghi River Wahgi language Chimbu–Wahgi...
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    al. (2018): Trans-New Guinea Madang Finisterre-Huon Kainantu-Goroka Chimbu-Wahgi Enga-Kewa-Huli Bosavi East Strickland Kutubu Duna-Bogaya Wiru Ok-Oksapmin...
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