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Anim | |
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Fly River | |
Geographic distribution | Fly River, central southern New Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Trans-New Guinea?
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Proto-language | Proto-Anim |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | anim1240 |
![]() Map of the Anim languages in relation to other language families on New Guinea.
The Anim families
Other Trans–New Guinea families
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited |
The Anim or Fly River languages are a language family in south-central New Guinea established by Usher & Suter (2015).[1] The names of the family derive from the Fly River and from the Proto-Anim word *anim 'people'.[1]