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Papuanic Conlang(s)?

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I wonder if it is possible to create conlang(s) based on the Papuan languages spoken in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Indonesian West Irian (Irian Jaya) and other smaller islands. I would have a lot of ideas about it.
If there is a response to my post, I'll continue with the topic. Otherwise, I'll remove this post.
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Of course it is possible!
I haven't heard of any a posteriori Papuan conlangs, but there are many a priori Papuan-inspired conlangs, for example this.
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I made one with /p t k u i a/. This was more of a joke than anything, but I ended up working on it for a while. Because of this, I became obsessed with looking up Papuan languages, specifically, Lake Plains. (I love the fact that some of their languages are regionally called Bird's Head and Bird's Tail.)
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I have a language of the North Halmahera family (not in Papua proper, but a Papuan family) which I have been in the intermittent process of revamping and working on sound changes. It's called Yotoga, and it is spoken on the northeastern coast of Sulawesi and was influenced by Austronesian languages like Indonesian and the Minahasan languages.

The Papuan families struggle with poor documentation but NH is a pretty solid family. It's 2022 already, I should really get to working on it! Maybe I'll make a thread about it at some point.

EDIT: if you wanna see what i have it's here
ngąxayo peřwa a nałatą zehą, Irkąlą a tinąk a pehenątą zehą; nał a zehą, xąnituhąpąkałąpą he xąhatunąhąx; dą a zehą, xąnihąhaningnumąnwąpąnawe; nał a zehą, tan tukuhoyohoyopąnawe henąngahenąngatą a pwązi...
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Well, there is one named Abakwi.
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DV82LECM wrote: 27 Jan 2022 13:01 I made one with /p t k u i a/. This was more of a joke than anything, but I ended up working on it for a while. Because of this, I became obsessed with looking up Papuan languages, specifically, Lake Plains. (I love the fact that some of their languages are regionally called Bird's Head and Bird's Tail.)
I am glad that you are interested in Papuan languages. [:)]
Bird’s Head and Bird’s Tail languages are named because of the location where they are spoken. If you take a close look at the entire island on a map that encompasses the western part of Papua New Guinea and Eastern Papua (irian Jaya), you will notice in bird shapes.
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anonymous123 wrote: 27 Jan 2022 21:45 I have a language of the North Halmahera family (not in Papua proper, but a Papuan family) which I have been in the intermittent process of revamping and working on sound changes. It's called Yotoga, and it is spoken on the northeastern coast of Sulawesi and was influenced by Austronesian languages like Indonesian and the Minahasan languages.

The Papuan families struggle with poor documentation but NH is a pretty solid family. It's 2022 already, I should really get to working on it! Maybe I'll make a thread about it at some point.

EDIT: if you wanna see what i have it's here
You say your language is called Yotoga, which you posted on CWS.
I visit those sites many times. I wish you further successful development with the Yotoga language,
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