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Branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia
The Cenderawasih languages, approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of
Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the islands and shoreline of
Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of
West Papua,
Central Papua and
Papua.
Most of the languages are only known from short word lists, but
Biak is fairly well attested.
Languages
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates
extinct status
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