West Bird's Head languages

West Bird's Head
Geographic
distribution		West Papua
Linguistic classificationWest Papuan
  • West–Central Bird's Head
    • West Bird's Head
Language codes
Glottologwest1493

West Bird's Head languages are a small family of poorly documented Papuan languages spoken on the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.

The West Bird's Head (WBH) family is a well-defined family of six languages spoken at the western end of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea and the eastern part of the island of Salawati opposite the Bird's Head's western shore. Based on pronominal evidence, they appear to be related to the North Halmahera languages of North Maluku.[1]

  1. ^ Miedema, Jelle; Reesink, Ger P. (2004). One Head, Many Faces: New Perspectives on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of New Guinea. Leiden: KITLV Press. p. 31. doi:10.1163/9789004454385. ISBN 978-90-04-45438-5. OCLC 1312159896. Retrieved 2022-07-28.