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Paniai Lakes languages information


Paniai Lakes
Wissel Lakes
Geographic
distribution
Paniai Lakes and highlands of Papua, Western New Guinea
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
  • West Papuan Highlands (Irian Highlands)
    • Paniai Lakes
Glottologpani1259

The Paniai Lakes languages, also known as the Wissel Lakes or Wissel Lakes – Kemandoga River, are a small family of closely related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in the Paniai Lakes region of the highlands of Western New Guinea in the Paniai Lakes region of Papua. Foley (2003) considers their Trans–New Guinea status to be established.

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Paniai Lakes languages

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The Paniai Lakes languages, also known as the Wissel Lakes or Wissel Lakes – Kemandoga River, are a small family of closely related Trans–New Guinea languages...

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Paniai Lakes

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Paniai Lakes, originally known as the Wissel Lakes, are the three large, freshwater lakes in Central Papua, Indonesia: Paniai, Tigi, and Tage. Lakes Paniai...

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Moni language

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Papuan language spoken by about 20,000 people (1991) in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Central Papua. Majority of Moni language speakers...

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Wolani language

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Wolani (Wodani) is a Papuan language spoken by about 5,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Papua. It is related to the...

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Ekari language

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(also Ekagi, Kapauku, Mee) is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by about 100,000 people in the Paniai lakes region of the Indonesian province of Central...

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Enarotali

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Dani. The former three tribes speak the Paniai Lakes languages, which is a language family named after the lakes. They depend on agriculture, including...

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Baliem Valley languages

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their Trans–New Guinea language group status to be established. They may be most closely related to the languages of Paniai Lakes, but this is not yet clear...

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Kirikiri language

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(after its two dialects), is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is spoken in Dofu Wahuka and Paniai villages. Kirikiri does not have...

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West Papuan Highlands languages

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(Balim Valley) family Paniai Lakes (Wissel Lakes) family Amung–Dem Uhunduni (Amung, Damal) Dem Capell linked the Dani languages to Kwerba in 1962, a position...

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Wolani people

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1992, they are farmers who live in the central highlands northeast of Lake Paniai, along the Kemandoga and Mbiyandogo rivers. Many Wolani converted to...

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Languages of Indonesia

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additional languages, heritage languages, languages in the religious domain, English as a lingua franca, and sign languages. The official language of Indonesia...

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Central Papua

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large lakes where the Mee tribe resided. The lakes were named Paniai, Tigi, and Tage, and the Dutch referred to the region as Wisselmeeren (Wissel lakes)....

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Indonesian language

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of the most widely spoken languages in the world. Indonesian vocabulary has been influenced by various regional languages (such as Javanese, Sundanese...

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Abawiri

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(Taworta) in an East Lakes Plain subgroup of the Lakes Plain family; due to the minimal data that was available on the languages at that time. With more...

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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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Taworta language

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Dabra, Bok, Taria), is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Rumaropen, Benny. 2006. Survey Report on the Diebrou Language of Papua, Indonesia....

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Doutai language

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"Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International. Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest...

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Malay language

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various other Malayic languages. According to Ethnologue 16, several of the Malayic varieties they currently list as separate languages, including the Orang...

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Babar languages

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Languages of Southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics 32. 389-441. Aone van Engelenhoven. 2010. Tentatively locating West-Damar among the languages of...

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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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Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International. v t e...

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Kwesten language

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Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Indonesia languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International. v t e...

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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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Casuarina Coast Asmat language

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Pulau River) by the Asmat people. It's the most divergent of the Asmat languages. "Orang Asmat Pantai Kasuari di Papua". e-MISI (in Indonesian). Retrieved...

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Cenderawasih languages

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The Cenderawasih languages, approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the...

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Nimboran language

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to the west of Lake Sentani. Nimboran at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Foley, William A. (2018). "The languages of Northwest New...

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