Ngero–Vitiaz | |
Region: | Northern New Guinea |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
Fam3: | Oceanic |
Fam4: | Western Oceanic |
Fam5: | North New Guinea |
Protoname: | Proto-Ngero–Vitiaz |
Glotto: | nger1241 |
Glottorefname: | Ngero–Vitiaz linkage |
The Ngero–Vitiaz languages form a linkage of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken, from west to east, in Madang Province, Morobe Province, and New Britain.
According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows:[1]