The West Papuan languages are a hypothetical language family of about two dozen Papuan languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea and the island of Halmahera, spoken by about 220 000 people in all. The most populous and best known West Papuan language is Ternate (50 000 native speakers), which is a regional lingua franca and which, along with Tidore, were the languages of the rival medieval Ternate and Tidore kingdoms of the spice trade.

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  • The West Papuan languages are a hypothetical language family of about two dozen Papuan languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea and the island of Halmahera, spoken by about 220 000 people in all. The most populous and best known West Papuan language is Ternate (50 000 native speakers), which is a regional lingua franca and which, along with Tidore, were the languages of the rival medieval Ternate and Tidore kingdoms of the spice trade. The German linguist Wilhelm Schmidt first linked the Bird's Head and Halmahera languages in the year 1900. In 1957 HKL Cowan linked these to the non-Austronesian languages of Timor as well. Stephen Wurm believed that although traces of West Papuan languages were to be found in the languages of Timor, as well as those of Aru and Great Andaman, this was due to a substratum and that these languages should classified as Trans–New Guinea, Austronesian, and Andamanese, respectively.
  • Die West-Papua-Sprachen werden im indonesischen Teil Neuguineas gesprochen. Die Sprachfamilie umfasst 27 Sprachen. Das Verbreitungsgebiet der West-Papua-Sprachen umfasst die Halmahera-Inseln und den grössten Teil der Vogelkop-Halbinsel. Die zahlenmäßig am stärksten vertretenen Sprachen sind Tidore (auf Tidore und Umgebung) mit 26.000 Sprechern, Tobelo mit 24.000 Sprechern und Galela mit 22.000 Sprechern.
  • La famille des langues papoues occidentales comprend les 4 branches suivantes : Langues de la Bird's Head ("Tête d'Oiseau", autre nom de la péninsule de Doberai, à l'extrémité occidentale de la Nouvelle-Guinée), Langues Hattam, dont le seul représentant est le hattam (également parlé dans la "Tête d'Oiseau"), Langues kebar, dont le seul représentant est le mpur (également parlé dans la "Tête d'Oiseau"), Langues Halmahera du Nord, parlées dans la province indonésienne des Moluques du Nord
  • Западно-папуасские языки — группа папуасских языков, распространённых на территории Индонезии. Общее число языков, согласно Ethnologue — 26.
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  • The West Papuan languages are a hypothetical language family of about two dozen Papuan languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea and the island of Halmahera, spoken by about 220 000 people in all. The most populous and best known West Papuan language is Ternate (50 000 native speakers), which is a regional lingua franca and which, along with Tidore, were the languages of the rival medieval Ternate and Tidore kingdoms of the spice trade.
  • Die West-Papua-Sprachen werden im indonesischen Teil Neuguineas gesprochen. Die Sprachfamilie umfasst 27 Sprachen. Das Verbreitungsgebiet der West-Papua-Sprachen umfasst die Halmahera-Inseln und den grössten Teil der Vogelkop-Halbinsel. Die zahlenmäßig am stärksten vertretenen Sprachen sind Tidore (auf Tidore und Umgebung) mit 26.000 Sprechern, Tobelo mit 24.000 Sprechern und Galela mit 22.000 Sprechern.
  • Западно-папуасские языки — группа папуасских языков, распространённых на территории Индонезии. Общее число языков, согласно Ethnologue — 26.
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  • West Papuan languages
  • West-Papua-Sprachen
  • Langues papoues occidentales
  • Западно-папуасские языки
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