The Kwomtari languages are a small language family of Papua New Guinea. The family consists of the highly divergent language Guriaso, and the two closely related languages Kwomtari and Nai: Kwomtari stock Guriaso Kwomtari-Nai family Kwomtari Nai (aka Biaka) There has been confusion over the membership of the Kwomtari family, apparently due to a misalignment in the publication (Loving & Bass 1964) of the data used for the initial classification. (See Baron 1983.

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  • The Kwomtari languages are a small language family of Papua New Guinea. The family consists of the highly divergent language Guriaso, and the two closely related languages Kwomtari and Nai: Kwomtari stock Guriaso Kwomtari-Nai family Kwomtari Nai (aka Biaka) There has been confusion over the membership of the Kwomtari family, apparently due to a misalignment in the publication (Loving & Bass 1964) of the data used for the initial classification. (See Baron 1983. ) The Kwomtari languages are generally classified as part of a larger as yet unproven Kwomtari-Baibai family, which confusingly is also often called "Kwomtari" in the literature. However, Baron sees no evidence that the similarities are due to relationship. See Kwomtari-Baibai languages for details. Guriaso shares a small number of cognates with Kwomtari-Nai. However, the evidence is convincing once a correspondence between /ɾ~l/ and /n/ is established: * Compare Biaka -ɾo, -mo, -na. ** Metathesis of /p/ and /t/.
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  • Papuan
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  • Kwomtari-Baibai languages
  • the hypothetical language phylum
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  • Kwomtari
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  • The Kwomtari languages are a small language family of Papua New Guinea. The family consists of the highly divergent language Guriaso, and the two closely related languages Kwomtari and Nai: Kwomtari stock Guriaso Kwomtari-Nai family Kwomtari Nai (aka Biaka) There has been confusion over the membership of the Kwomtari family, apparently due to a misalignment in the publication (Loving & Bass 1964) of the data used for the initial classification. (See Baron 1983.
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  • Kwomtari languages
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