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Papuan languages
The
Papuan languages
are those
languages
of the western Pacific island of
New Guinea
, and neighbouring islands, that are neither
Austronesian
nor
Australian
. The term does not presuppose a
genetic relationship
. The concept of
Papuan peoples
as distinct from
Melanesians
was first suggested and named by
Sidney Herbert Ray
in 1892.
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