Baliem Valley languages

The Dani or Baliem Valley languages are a family of clearly related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken by the Dani and related peoples in the Baliem Valley in the Highland Papua, Indonesia. Foley (2003) considers their Trans–New Guinea language group status to be established. They may be most closely related to the languages of Paniai Lakes, but this is not yet clear. Capell (1962) posited that their closest relatives were the Kwerba languages, which Ross (2005) rejects.

For the Dani language of Brazil, see Deni language.
Dani
Baliem Valley
EthnicityDani, Lani, Yali, etc
Geographic
distribution		Baliem Valley in Highland Papua
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
  • West Papuan Highlands (Irian Highlands)
    • Dani
Subdivisions
  • Wano
  • Dani proper
  • Ngalik
Glottologdani1287
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