Back Llingües papúes orientales AST Yezhoù papouek ar reter Breton Lenguas papúes orientales Spanish Langues papoues orientales French Sasao a Daya a Papuano ILO Lingue papuasiche orientali Italian 동파푸아어족 Korean Języki wschodniopapuaskie Polish Lenghe Papua est PMS Восточнопапуасские языки Russian
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| East Papuan | |
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| (obsolete) | |
| Geographic distribution | Melanesia |
| Linguistic classification | Proposed language family |
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| Glottolog | None |
The East Papuan languages is a defunct proposal for a family of Papuan languages spoken on the islands to the east of New Guinea, including New Britain, New Ireland, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, and the Santa Cruz Islands. There is no evidence that these languages are related to each other, and the Santa Cruz languages are no longer recognized as Papuan.
All but two of the starred languages below (Yélî Dnye and Sulka) make a gender distinction in their pronouns. Several of the heavily Papuanized Austronesian languages of New Britain do as well. This suggests a pre-Austronesian language area in the region.