South Huon Gulf languages explained

South Huon Gulf
Region:	Huon Gulf, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam3:	Oceanic
Fam4:	Western Oceanic
Fam5:	North New Guinea
Fam6:	Huon Gulf
Glotto:	sout2878
Glottorefname:	South Huon Gulf linkage

The South Huon Gulf languages are a linkage of the Huon Gulf languages of Papua New Guinea.^[1]

Components

• Iwal (Kaiwa)
• Hote, Yamap
• Buang linkage: Mapos Buang, Mangga Buang, Piu, Kapin, Vehes, Mumeng (Dambi–Kumalu, Gorakor–Patep–Zenag)

The varieties of the Mumeng dialect chain are partially mutually intelligible.

Notes and References

1. Book: Lynch, John . John Lynch (linguist) . Malcolm Ross . Malcolm Ross (linguist) . Terry Crowley . Terry Crowley (linguist) . 2002 . The Oceanic languages . Richmond, Surrey . Curzon . 978-0-7007-1128-4 . 48929366 .