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9. Classification of languages - N) The Indo-Pacific
phylum
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- Groups the languages of
the Southwestern Pacific and Northeastern Indian Ocean area not
belonging to the Austronesian family
- More than 1,000 different
languages spoken on the island of New Guinea, grouped in 13 possibly
unrelated stocks.
- Also in Solomon Islands, Eastern Indonesian provinces,
and Indian Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
K: Kusunda / A: Andaman Islands / H: Halmahera / T: Timor-Alor-Pantar / NG: New Guinea /
NB: New Britain / NI: New Ireland / SI: Solomon Islands / SC: Santa Cruz Islands /
R: Rossel Island / TS: Tasmania
(Source: see: The tower of Babel)
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