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West Bird's Head languages

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Languages
References

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West Bird's Head languages are a small family of poorly known Papuan languages spoken on the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.

The West Bird's Head Family is a well-defined family of six languages spoken at the western end of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea and the eastern part of the island of Salawati opposite the Bird's Head's western shore.

Languages

Seget–Moi:
- Seget
- Moi
South West Bird's Head:
- Tehit (or Kaibus; the most populous, with 10,000 speakers)
- Kalabra (close to Tehit)
- Moraid,
?Kuwani

Kuwani is attested only from a single word list, but is clearly distinct.^[1]

References

1. ^Voorhoeve, C.L. 1975. West Papuan Phylum languages on the mainland of New Guinea: Bird's Head (Vogelkop) Peninsula. Papuan Languages and the New Guinea Linguistic Scene, ed. by S.A. Wurm, 717-28. (Pacific Linguistics C-38). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

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