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East Papuan
(obsolete)
Geographic distribution
Melanesia
Linguistic classification
Proposed language family
Subdivisions
Anêm
Ata
Baining (East New Britain)
North Bougainville
South Bougainville
Central Solomon
Sulka
Kol
Kuot (Panaras)
× Reefs – Santa Cruz (now Austronesian)
× Kazukuru language (now Austronesian)
× Yele
Glottolog
None
The East Papuan languages is a defunct proposal for a family of Papuan languages spoken on the islands to the east of New Guinea, including New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, and the Santa Cruz Islands. There is no evidence that these languages are related to each other, and the Santa Cruz languages are no longer recognized as Papuan.
All but two of the starred languages below (Yélî Dnye and Sulka) make a gender distinction in their pronouns. Several of the heavily Papuanized Austronesian languages of New Britain do as well. This suggests a pre-Austronesian language area in the region.
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