Baliem Valley languages

Dani
Baliem Valley
EthnicityDani, Lani, Yali, etc
Geographic
distribution
Baliem Valley in Highland Papua
Linguistic classificationTrans–New Guinea
Subdivisions
  • Wano
  • Dani proper
  • Ngalik
Glottologdani1287

The Dani or Baliem Valley languages are a family of clearly related Trans–New Guinea languages spoken by the Dani and related peoples in the Baliem Valley in the Highland Papua, Indonesia. Foley (2003)[citation needed] considers their Trans–New Guinea language group status to be established. They may be most closely related to the languages of Paniai Lakes, but this is not yet clear. Capell (1962)[1] posited that their closest relatives were the Kwerba languages, which Ross (2005) rejects.

  1. ^ Capell, Arthur (1962). Linguistic Survey of the South-Western Pacific. South Pacific Commission Technical Paper. Vol. 136 (New and revised ed.). Noumea: South Pacific Commission.

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