West Papuan Highlands languages

The West Papuan Highland languages, also known as the Irian Highland languages, are a branch of the Trans–New Guinea language family proposed by Larson & Larson (1972) and confirmed by Timothy Usher. William A. Foley considers their Trans–New Guinea identity to be established.

West Papuan Highlands
Irian Highlands
Geographic
distribution
Highlands of Irian Jaya
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
  • West Papuan Highlands
Subdivisions
GlottologNone
Map: The Irian Highlands languages of New Guinea
  The Irian Highlands families
  Other Trans–New Guinea families
  Other Papuan languages
  Austronesian languages
  Uninhabited
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