Cenderawasih languages explained

Cenderawasih Bay
Also Known As:West New Guinea
Region:Cenderawasih Bay, Western New Guinea, Indonesia
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam4:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam5:South Halmahera–West New Guinea
Glotto:cend1238
Glottorefname:Cenderawasih Bay

The Cenderawasih languages, approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the islands and shoreline of Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of West Papua, Central Papua and Papua.

Most of the languages are only known from short word lists, but Biak is fairly well attested.

Languages