Information concerning Trans-New Guinea languages

Where are Trans-New Guinea languages spoken ?

These languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea and in Indonesian Papua.

Total number of speakers (estimate):

2 million according to Foley (2006)

Classification:

The Trans-New Guinea language group includes about 400 languages. By virtue of the number of speakers and the number of languages, it is the largest group of non Austronesian Papuan languages.

A detailed classification is in progress…

Download the tree of Trans-New Guinea languages

Sources & links

Ross, Malcolm (2005). « Pronouns as a preliminary diagnostic for grouping Papuan languages ». in Andrew Pawley, Robert Attenborough, Robin Hide, Jack Golson, eds.. Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. pp. 15-66

Foley William A.  The languages of New Guinea. University of Sydney, Sydney.(2006).

http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/research_projects/delp/papuan.php