Western Skou languages

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Western Skou
Inner Skou, Nuclear Skou
West Vanimo Coast
Geographic
distribution		 Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Papua Province, Indonesia
Linguistic classification Skou
  • Western Skou
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottolog skou1239

The Western Skou or Inner Skou languages form a branch of Skou languages. They are spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea and Papua Province, Indonesia. They are called Western Skou by Donohue (2002), Inner Sko by Foley (2018), [1] and West Vanimo Coast by Usher (2020). [2]

The languages are,

Skou, Vanimo, Wutung, Leitre

References

  1. ↑ Foley, William A. (2018). "The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 197–432. ISBN   978-3-11-028642-7.
  2. ↑ Donohue, Mark. 2002. Which Sounds Change: Descent and Borrowing in the Skou Family. Oceanic Linguistics 41. 171-221.
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