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Nuclear Trans New Guinea languages

Nuclear Trans New Guinea is a language family with 71 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Papunesia. The largest by number of speakers are Alekano, Ngalum, and Maring. 71 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
AlekanoPapua New Guinea25,000Vulnerable
NgalumIndonesia, Papua New Guinea18,000Vulnerable
MaringPapua New Guinea11,000Vulnerable
WantoatPapua New Guinea8,200Threatened
North MuyuIndonesia8,000Threatened
OksapminPapua New Guinea8,000Vulnerable
WanoIndonesia7,000Threatened
MapePapua New Guinea5,120Threatened
FaiwolIndonesia, Papua New Guinea4,500Threatened
TelefolPapua New Guinea4,500Threatened
South MuyuIndonesia, Papua New Guinea4,000Threatened
YongkomIndonesia, Papua New Guinea4,000Threatened
KorowaiIndonesia3,500Threatened
NinggerumIndonesia, Papua New Guinea3,500Threatened
SuenaPapua New Guinea3,000Threatened
TifalPapua New Guinea2,800Threatened
BiminPapua New Guinea2,000Vulnerable
MianPapua New Guinea1,750Threatened
AnamPapua New Guinea1,070Threatened
IwurIndonesia1,000Threatened
NuknaPapua New Guinea1,000Vulnerable
KetumIndonesia900Endangered
SugangaIndonesia, Papua New Guinea680Endangered
MawanPapua New Guinea470Endangered
KopkakaIndonesia400Endangered
SetamanPapua New Guinea381Threatened
MadiPapua New Guinea380Endangered
MomarePapua New Guinea374Endangered
UrapminPapua New Guinea370Endangered
AuyeIndonesia350Endangered
UyaPapua New Guinea270Endangered
DaoIndonesia250Endangered
MusakPapua New Guinea250Endangered
KinalaknaPapua New Guinea220Endangered
WamasPapua New Guinea220Endangered
BisorioPapua New Guinea200Endangered
MamaaPapua New Guinea200Endangered
MoresadaPapua New Guinea200Endangered
SileibiPapua New Guinea200Endangered
WelikiPapua New Guinea200Endangered
BonkimanPapua New Guinea180Endangered
SilopiPapua New Guinea180Endangered
NakePapua New Guinea170Endangered
UkurigumaPapua New Guinea170Endangered
KambairaPapua New Guinea140Endangered
GuyaPapua New Guinea130Endangered
SarugaPapua New Guinea130Endangered
YarawataPapua New Guinea130Endangered
DiuweIndonesia100Endangered
KwerIndonesia100Severely Endangered
SamosaPapua New Guinea90Severely Endangered
SomPapua New Guinea80Severely Endangered
ArawumPapua New Guinea73Severely Endangered
BagupiPapua New Guinea58Endangered
BulgebiPapua New Guinea50Severely Endangered
MoerePapua New Guinea50Severely Endangered
MosimoPapua New Guinea50Severely Endangered
PaynamarPapua New Guinea50Severely Endangered
BurumakokIndonesia40Severely Endangered
DumunPapua New Guinea40Severely Endangered
KowakiPapua New Guinea30Severely Endangered
MawakPapua New Guinea25Severely Endangered
MungkipPapua New Guinea12Severely Endangered
FaitaPapua New Guinea10Critically Endangered
SenePapua New Guinea10Severely Endangered
AtemblePapua New Guinea8Critically Endangered
AbagaPapua New Guinea5Critically Endangered
BepourPapua New GuineaSeverely Endangered
BilakuraPapua New GuineaEndangered
NakaiIndonesiaEndangered
TangkoIndonesiaEndangered

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.