Gum languages

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Gum
Geographic
distribution
New Guinea
Linguistic classification Madang
  • Central Madang
    • Mabuso
      • South Mabuso
        • Munit–Gum
          • Gum
Glottolog gumm1240

The Gum languages are a small group of closely related languages in New Guinea.

The languages are: [1]

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References

  1. "Gum - newguineaworld". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-06.