Huon Gulf languages
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The Huon Gulf languages are Western Oceanic languages spoken primarily in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. They may form a group of the North New Guinea languages, perhaps within the Ngero–Vitiaz branch of that family.[citation needed]
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Huon Gulf | |
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Geographic distribution | Papua New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
Proto-language | Proto-Huon Gulf |
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Glottolog | huon1245 |
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Unusually for Oceanic languages, two North Huon Gulf languages, Bukawa and Yabem, are tonal. The only other tonal Oceanic languages are found in New Caledonia.[1]