West Trans–New Guinea languages

West Trans–New Guinea
West Trans–New Guinea
(proposed)
Geographic; distribution	Highlands of Irian Jaya, in and around Timor
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea West Trans–New Guinea;
Subdivisions	West Timor – Alor–Pantar ?; East Timor – West Bomberai ?; Irian Highlands ?;
Glottolog	None
	Map: The West Trans–New Guinea languages of New Guinea The West Trans–New Guinea languages Other Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Uninhabited

The West Trans–New Guinea languages are a suggested linguistic linkage of Papuan languages, not well established as a group, proposed by Malcolm Ross in his 2005 classification of the Trans–New Guinea languages. Ross suspects they are an old dialect continuum, because they share numerous features that have not been traced to a single ancestor using comparative historical linguistics. The internal divisions of the languages are also unclear. William A. Foley considers the TNG identity of the Irian Highlands languages at least to be established.

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