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Lakes Plain
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Lakes Plains, New Guinea
Linguistic classificationone of the world's primary language families
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The Lakes Plain languages are a family of Papuan languages, spoken in the Lakes Plain of Indonesian New Guinea. They are notable for being heavily tonal and for their lack of nasal consonants.

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Lakes Plain languages

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The Lakes Plain languages are a family of Papuan languages, spoken in the Lakes Plain of Indonesian New Guinea. They are notable for being heavily tonal...

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Obokuitai language

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world, equal to the Pirahã and Rotokas languages. The small consonant inventory is typical of Lakes Plain languages. Obokuitai does have some more sounds...

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Skou languages

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Keuw language (currently classified as a language isolate) may also possibly share a deep relationship with the Lakes Plain languages. Like the Lakes Plain...

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Languages of Indonesia

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languages, including the vernaculars of the Asmat and Dani people. Mairasi languages (4) East Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) languages (10) Lakes Plain languages...

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Tause language

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outside world in 1982. The Tause language has been widely reported to be related to the neighboring Lakes Plain languages; however, this conclusion is based...

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Abawiri

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reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya". Papers in Papuan Linguistics. 2: 133–236. Voorhoeve, Clemens L. (1975). Languages of Irian Jaya:...

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East Geelvink Bay languages

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is less complex than that of Tor-Kwerba languages, but is more complex than that of the Lakes Plain languages. The pronouns Ross reconstructs for proto–East...

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Duvle language

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Duvle (Sikwari) is a Lakes Plain language of the Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in Dagai village in Dagai District, Puncak Jaya Regency. Variant spellings...

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Iau language

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is not clear. Iau is the most tonally complex Lakes Plain language. Unlike other Lakes Plain languages which can be disyllabic or trisyllabic, Iau word...

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Fayu language

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villages. Fayu has a relatively minimal phonological index, typical of Lakes Plain languages. It has an extensive system of allomorphy. Fayu at Ethnologue (18th...

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Abinomn language

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highly differs from Lakes Plain. For instance, unlike the nearby Lakes Plain languages, Abinomn is a non-tonal language.: 513  Languages adjacent to Abinomn...

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Waritai language

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(1997). "Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of Irian Jaya". In Karl Franklin (ed.). Papers in Papuan linguistics...

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Biritai language

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Donohue (2017), with a very small consonant inventory typical of the Lakes Plain languages. In an earlier paper co-authored by Donohue, the approximants /j...

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Kaiy language

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Kaiy (Kai, Taori-Kei) is a Lakes Plain language of Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken in Kaiy and Kokou villages in Rafaer District, Mamberamo Raya Regency...

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Sikaritai language

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consonant inventory is typical of Lakes Plain languages. The complete lack of nasals is also a feature of these languages. There are however several notable...

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Doutai language

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Doutai (Taori, Tolitai) is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is spoken in Toli-Dou village, located southwest of Taiyeve town. Doutai...

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Awera language

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Awera is a Lakes Plain language of Papua, Indonesia. It is spoken on the east side of Geelvink Bay, in the single village of Awera in Wapoga District,...

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Plains Indian Sign Language

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Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL), also known as Hand Talk or Plains Sign Language, is an endangered language common to various Plains Nations across...

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List of language families

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language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...

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Eritai language

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Eritai (Eri), or Baburiwa, is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is named after Erai village in East Central Mambermano District, Mamberamo...

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Lakes Plains

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The Mamberamo Lakes Plains (Dutch Meervlakte, Malay dataran danau-danau) are a large, flat low-lying area of the Mamberamo River basin in the Indonesian...

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Keuw language

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possibly share a deep relationship with the Lakes Plain languages. Palmer (2018) treats Keuw as a language isolate. Phonology of Keuw from Kamholz (2012)...

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Woria language

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Waropen Regency, where the Lakes Plain language Saponi was also spoken. Woria is lexically similar to the East Geelvink Bay languages and presumably belongs...

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Baliem Valley languages

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languages of New Guinea". Retrieved 2020-11-05. Clouse, Duane A. (1997). "Towards a reconstruction and reclassification of the Lakes Plain languages of...

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Burmeso language

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surrounded by the Kwerba languages to the north, the Lakes Plain languages to the south, and the East Cenderawasih Bay languages to the west. Burmeso forms...

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Great Plains

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Interior Plains, which also include the mixed grass prairie, the tallgrass prairie between the Great Lakes and Appalachian Plateau, and the Taiga Plains and...

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Kaure language

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consonants are:: 456  The Kaure vowels are:: 456  Like the Lakes Plain languages, Kaure is a tonal language. There are two tones, namely high and low.: 456  Monosyllabic...

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Tariku

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River, a river in the Papua province of Indonesia Tariku language, one of the Lakes Plain languages Tarikuiyeh, village in Kerman Province, Iran, also known...

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Papuan languages

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include the Sko, Lepki, Kaure, Kembra, Lakes Plain, and Keuw languages. New Guinea portal Trans–New Guinea languages Proto-Trans–New Guinea "Papuan". www...

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