Inanwatan–Duriankere languages

Inanwatan–Duriankere
West South Bird's Head
Geographic
distribution		Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesian Papua
Linguistic classification? Trans–New Guinea
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologinan1242

Inanwatan–Duriankere or Inanwatan is a pair of South Bird's Head languages spoken in New Guinea:

Noting low cognacy rates, Holton and Klamer (2018) tentatively consider Inanwatan–Duriankere, as well as Konda–Yahadian and the Nuclear South Bird's Head family to each be independent language families until further evidence can be demonstrated.[1]

References

  1. ^ Holton, Gary; Klamer, Marian (2018). "The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head". 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. 569–640. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.