Berau Gulf languages

The Berau Gulf languages form a high-level branch of the Trans–New Guinea language family in the classification of Timothy Usher.[1] They are spoken along the coasts of the Berau Gulf of western New Guinea (southwestern coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula, the northern coast of the Bomberai Peninsula and the entirety of the Fakfak Peninsula), as well as the islands of Timor (primarily East Timor), Alor and Pantar further west. The constituent families are,

Berau Gulf
Geographic
distribution
Berau Gulf (West Papua), East Timor
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
  • Berau Gulf
Subdivisions
GlottologNone
The Berau Gulf languages of New Guinea
  Berau Gulf languages
  Other Trans–New Guinea languages
  Other Papuan languages
  Austronesian languages
  Uninhabited

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