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West Papuan

language family of Indonesia
Class type of: Papuan Q1363026

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
language family
Subclass of
Papuan[2]
Different from
West Trans–New Guinea[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en West Papuan en West Papuan languages de Westpapuasprachen es Lenguas papues occidentales es Lenguas papúes occidentales fr langues papoues occidentales fr Papou occidental id rumpun bahasa Papua Barat id bahasa Papua Barat it Lingue di Papua occidentale ja 西パプア語族 ko 서파푸아어족 pl Języki zachodniopapuaskie ru Западно-папуасские языки ru Западнопапуасские языки ru Фила Западного Папуа
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300411962
Described at URL
transnewguinea.org
Freebase ID
/m/07sjhh
KBpedia ID
WestPapuanLanguage
Linguist List code
wpap
Topic's main category
Category:West Papuan languages
WALS family code
westpapuan

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 9
East Bird's Head, Ternate, Tambora, Tobelo, North Halmahera, Waioli, Loloda, West Bird's Head +1 more
Different from 1
West Trans–New Guinea
Instance of 1
language family
Subclass of 1
Papuan
Topic's main category 1
Category:West Papuan languages
← Category's main topic 1
Category:West Papuan languages
← Different from 1
West Trans–New Guinea
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Summary

West Papuan is a language family[1].

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Class ancestry

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  1. 19w ago · Vargenau · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → language family
    Subclass of → Papuan
    Aliases → —
    Different from → West Trans–New Guinea
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Category:West Papuan languages"
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