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Cenderawasih languages

The Cenderawasih languages, also known as Nuclear Cenderawasih Bay languages and approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the islands and shoreline of Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of West Papua, Central Papua and Papua.

Historical morphology
Reconstructions of subject markers and inalienable possessive markers for Cenderawasih Bay proto-languages according to Kamholz (2015). Note that V = vocalic conjugation, C = consonantal conjugation: Proto-Cenderawasih Bay: : : Proto-Biakic: : : Proto-Southwest Cenderawasih Bay: : : Proto-Yaur-Yerisiam: : : ==Languages==
Languages
From Kamholz (2024): • Nuclear Cenderawasih BayBiakicBiak (Numfor) • DusnerMeoswarRoonYapen (see more) • Southwest Cenderawasih BayUmarYaur-YerisiamYaurYerisiam ==Lexical reconstructions==
Lexical reconstructions
Proto-Biakic, the ancestor of the Biakic languages, was reconstructed by Rich (2020). ==Further reading==
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