• Sirva, or Sileibi, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Sirva at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Daniels, Don...
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  • Proto-Trans–New Guinea is the reconstructed proto-language ancestral to the Trans–New Guinea languages. Reconstructions have been proposed by Malcolm Ross...
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    Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands, a region corresponding to...
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  • Mum–Sirva: Mum (Katiati), Sileibi (Sirva) South Sogeram River Faita (Kulsab/Kursav) Gants Musak (Aisi) Below are Sogeram language names in Daniels (2015)...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Alor–Pantar languages
    The Alor–Pantar languages are a family of clearly related Papuan languages spoken on islands of the Alor archipelago near Timor in southern Indonesia....
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    The Ok languages are a family of about a dozen related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in a contiguous area of eastern Irian Jaya and western Papua New...
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    The Madang or Madang–Adelbert Range languages are a language family of Papua New Guinea. They were classified as a branch of Trans–New Guinea by Stephen...
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    The Chimbu–Wahgi languages are a language family sometimes included in the Trans–New Guinea proposal. There is little doubt that the Chimbu–Wahgi family...
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    The Kainantu–Goroka languages are a family of Papuan languages established by Arthur Capell in 1948 under the name East Highlands. They formed the core...
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