Huon Gulf languages

The Huon Gulf languages are Western Oceanic languages spoken primarily in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. They may form a group of the North New Guinea languages, perhaps within the Ngero–Vitiaz branch of that family.

Huon Gulf
Geographic
distribution		Papua New Guinea
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Western Oceanic
        • North New Guinea
          • Huon Gulf
Proto-languageProto-Huon Gulf
Subdivisions
  • Markham
  • North Huon Gulf
  • Numbami
  • South Huon Gulf
Glottologhuon1245

Unusually for Oceanic languages, two North Huon Gulf languages, Bukawa and Yabem, are tonal. The only other tonal Oceanic languages are found in New Caledonia.

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