Central Papuan Tip languages
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The family of Central Papuan Tip languages is a subgroup of the Peripheral Papuan Tip languages. It consists of 14 language
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Language
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Languages
- Oumic languages: Magoric languages (Magori, Yoba, Bina), Ouma
- Sinagoro–Keapara: Hula, Keapara, MotuMotu languageMotu is one of many Central Papuan Tip languages, and is spoken by the Motuans, native inhabitants of Papua New Guinea...
, Sinaugoro - West Central Papuan Tip
- Abadi
- Nuclear West Central Papuan Tip: Toura, Kuni, MekeoMekeo languageMekeo is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea and had 19,000 speakers in 2003. It is an Oceanic language of the Papuan Tip Linkage. The two major villages that the language is spoken in are located in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. These are named Ongofoina and Inauaisa...
, Lala, WaimaWaima languageThe Waima language is a Nuclear West Central Papuan Tip language of the Oceanic group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken in Papua New Guinea by 15,000 people. The three dialects, Waima, Roro, and Paitana, are very close....