Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The 'East Papuan phylum'\ is a group of languages spoken amongst he islands east of Papua New Guinea, including Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. Although it was originally suggested that these languages form a family, more recent work has thrown doubt on this. Some of the languages of this phylum are: Yeli Dnye - Rossel I., PNG Kuot - New Ireland in PNG Taulil - New Britain in PNG Butam - New Britain Kol - New Britain Sulka - New Britain Ata - New Britain Anem - New Britain Rotokas - Bougainville, PNG Eivo - Bougainville Nasioi - Bougainville Buin - Bougainville Motuna - Bougainville Nagovisi - Bougainville Keriaka - Bougainville Konua - Bougainville Bilua - Vella LaVella, Solomon Islands Touo - Baniata, Solomon Islands Lavukaleve - Russel Islands, Solomon Islands Savosavo - Savo I., Solomon Islands Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands Ayiwo - Santa Cruz Islands This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.