The Ok languages are a family of a score of clearly related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in a contiguous area of eastern Irian Jaya and western Papua New Guinea.

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  • The Ok languages are a family of a score of clearly related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in a contiguous area of eastern Irian Jaya and western Papua New Guinea. They are: Tangko language Western branch: Burumakok, Kwer, Kopkaka Ngalum branch: Ngalum, Komyandaret - Tsaukambo Lowland branch: Iwur, North Muyu (Northern Kati), South Muyu (Southern Kati), Ninggerum, Yonggom Mountain branch: Bimin, Faiwol, Mian, Nakai, Setaman, Suganga, Tifal, Telefol, Urapmin Alan Healey identified Ok in 1962. He later noted connections with the Asmat languages and Awyu-Dumut families (Healey 1970). Voorhoeve developed this into a Central and South New Guinea (CSNG) proposal. As part of CSNG, they form part of the original proposal for Trans–New Guinea, a position tentatively maintained by Malcolm Ross, though reduced nearly to Healey's original conception. Ross states that he cannot tell if the similarities in CSNG are shared innovations or retentions from proto-TNG. Voorhoeve argues specifically for an Awyu-Ok relationship, and Foley believes that these two families may be closest to Asmat among the TNG languages.
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  • Lowland
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  • Papuan
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  • Ok
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  • The Ok languages are a family of a score of clearly related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken in a contiguous area of eastern Irian Jaya and western Papua New Guinea.
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  • Ok languages
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