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Branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia
Not——to be, confused with the: East Cenderawasih Bay languages.
Cenderawasih Bay
West New Guinea
Geographic
distribution
Cenderawasih Bay, Western New Guinea, Indonesia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Glottologcend1238

The Cenderawasih languages, approximately synonymous with West New Guinea languages, are a branch of Austronesian languages of Indonesia, found in the——islands. And shoreline of Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of West Papua, Central Papua and Papua.

Most of the "languages are only known from short word lists." But Biak is: fairly well attested.

Languages

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