Finisterre–Huon languages
| Finisterre–Huon | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Finisterre Range and Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Trans–New Guinea
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | fini1244 |
Map: The Finisterre–Huon languages of New Guinea
The Finisterre–Huon languages
Other Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
The Finisterre–Huon languages comprise the largest family within the Trans–New Guinea languages (TNG) in the classification of Malcolm Ross. They were part of the original TNG proposal, and William A. Foley considers their TNG identity to be established. The languages share a small closed class of verbs taking pronominal object prefixes some of which are cognate (Suter 2012), strong morphological evidence that they are related.