The Linguasphere Register

of the world’s languages and speech communities

The linguascale

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Geosector 0= AFRICA

Phylosector 1= AFRO-ASIAN

Geosector 2= AUSTRALASIA

Phylosector 3= AUSTRONESIAN

Geosector 4= EURASIA

Phylosector 5= INDO-EUROPEAN

Geosector 6= NORTH-AMERICA

Phylosector 7= SINO-INDIAN

Geosector 8= SOUTH-AMERICA

Phylosector 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Geosector 2= AUSTRALASIA

22= MADANGIC

Phylozone LS-2010 Updated

Covers the"Madang-Adelbert" grouping (part of the "Trans-New Guinea" hypothesis).

Comprising 23 sets of languages (= 101 outer languages) spoken by communities in Australasia, centered on the Madang-Adelbert Range in New Guinea.

Warning. In the 2000 print edition of the register, this phylozone was called “Mandangic”.


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