Cenderawasih languages

Cenderawasih Bay
Nuclear Cenderawasih Bay, West New Guinea
Geographic
distribution
Cenderawasih Bay, Western New Guinea, Indonesia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Proto-languageProto-Cenderawasih Bay
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologcend1238

The Cenderawasih languages, also known as Nuclear Cenderawasih Bay languages and approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the islands and shoreline of Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of West Papua, Central Papua and Papua.

Most of the languages are only known from short word lists, but Biak, Wamesa, and Wooi are fairly well attested.