S09: Languages
 
 

9. Classification of languages - N) The Indo-Pacific phylum

 


  • 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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