West Trans–New Guinea languages
| West Trans–New Guinea | |
|---|---|
| (proposed) | |
| Geographic distribution | Indonesia (Highlands of Western New Guinea) East Timor (in and around Timor) |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | None |
Map: The West Trans–New Guinea languages of New Guinea
The West Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
The West Trans–New Guinea languages are a suggested linguistic linkage of Papuan languages, not well established as a group, proposed by Malcolm Ross in his 2005 classification of the Trans–New Guinea languages. Ross suspects they are an old dialect continuum, because they share numerous features that have not been traced to a single ancestor using comparative historical linguistics. The internal divisions of the languages are also unclear. William A. Foley considers the TNG identity of the Irian Highlands languages at least to be established.