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The 17 pages that link to Papuan languages, each with the reason it gives.

• Austronesian languagesCompared with: Austronesian languages coexist with numerous non-Austronesian languages across the Pacific region.

• New GuineaRelated: Their diversity reflects long histories of settlement and separation across the island’s terrain.

• Papua New GuineaRelated: Their concentration in the country reflects its extraordinary linguistic diversity.

• MelanesiaRelated: Their abundance makes Melanesia one of the world’s most linguistically diverse regions.

• New Guinea HighlandsRelated: The highlands contain much of the island’s Papuan linguistic diversity.

• Papuan peoplesRelated: These languages are a major, though not universal, marker of Papuan identity.

• Oceanic languagesCompared with: Contact between Oceanic and Papuan languages shaped multilingual communities and linguistic features.

• Papua (province)Related: The province's Indigenous communities speak many distinct languages within this broad grouping.

• Admiralty IslandsRelated: They represent another strand of the islands’ longstanding linguistic diversity.

• MelanesiansRelated: Their presence reflects the region’s deep linguistic diversity beyond Austronesian languages.

• Trans–New Guinea languagesNarrower topic: Trans–New Guinea is the largest proposed family within this diverse, non-Austronesian grouping.

• Hiri MotuCompared with: They form a major linguistic backdrop to Hiri Motu’s use in Papua New Guinea.

• History of the Solomon IslandsRelated: Several Solomon Islands languages belong to Papuan families, reflecting deep regional diversity.

• Indigenous peoples of New GuineaNarrower topic: Most of New Guinea’s indigenous languages belong to this diverse, internally unrelated grouping.

• History of Papua New GuineaRelated: Their diversity reflects the region’s long history of settlement and cultural separation.

• Mamberamo RiverRelated: The basin lies within a region of exceptional linguistic diversity.

• Papuan PeninsulaRelated: They are spoken across parts of the peninsula’s varied communities.