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Branch of the Yam language family of southern New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tonda languages form a branch of the Yam language family of southern New Guinea. There are over 10 languages.[1]
Tonda | |
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West Morehead River | |
Geographic distribution | Southern New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Yam
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Language codes | |
Glottolog | tond1250 |
Map: The Yam languages of New Guinea
Yam languages
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Australian languages
Uninhabited |
Tonda languages share some areal features are shared with the Kolopom languages.[2]
The Tonda languages are:[1][3]
Notes (see Evans 2018: 681):
Tonda languages are unique for their base-6 numeral systems, which likely originated from counting yams (rather than fingers or body parts as with most other languages).[2]
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