Central West New Guinea languages

Central West New Guinea
Geographic distribution	central New Guinea
Linguistic classification	Trans–New Guinea Central West New Guinea
Subdivisions	Awyu–Ok Momuna–Mek
Glottolog	None
Map: The Central West New Guinea languages   The CWNG families   Other Trans–New Guinea families   Other Papuan languages   Austronesian languages   Uninhabited

The Central West New Guinea languages are a group of Trans–New Guinea families in central New Guinea established by Timothy Usher, though with precedents in earlier studies.

Languages

The languages are as follows:^[1]

• Awyu–Ok
  • Digul River (Greater Awyu)
  • Kamula–Elevala
  • Ok
• Momuna–Mek
  • Mek
  • Momuna (Somahai)

Voorhoeve (1975) noted a connection between Somahai and the Ok and Dumut languages, but did not consider Mek. (See Central and South New Guinea languages.)

The Oksapmin language is sometimes classified as the nearest relative of Ok. However, it's unclear whether the similarities are due to relationship or to contact between Oksapmin and Mountain Ok (or both).

Proto-Anim is reconstructed with similar pronouns to Proto-Awyu–Ok.

References