Papuan languages
Non-Austronesian languages of New Guinea and adjacent islands
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| 2019 | Glottolog 4.0 released a comprehensive classification of Papuan languages, recognizing 70 independent language families and 55 language isolates in New Guinea and adjacent islands. |
| 2018 | Bill Palmer et al. published a comprehensive classification of Papuan languages, proposing 43 independent language families and 37 language isolates, totaling 862 languages across the Papuasphere. |
| 2013 | Müller, Velupillai, Wichmann et al. performed an automated computational analysis (ASJP 4) identifying lexical similarities among various Papuan language groups, noting that some groupings might be due to chance resemblances. |
| 2013 | Søren Wichmann conducted a computational analysis of Papuan language families using the Automated Similarity Judgment Program (ASJP), classifying 109 language groups based on computational analyses and Harald Hammarström's 2012 classification. |
| 2012 | Harald Hammarström completes a classification of Papuan language families. |
| 2011 | Population of 150,000 reported for the Huli language in the eastern New Guinea Highlands. |
| 2010 | Population of 100,000 reported for the Makasae language in East Timor. |
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