Back Zıwanê Schoutenki DIQ Lenguas de las islas Schouten Spanish Schouten jezici Croatian Sasao a Schouten ILO Схаутенски јазици Macedonian
| Schouten | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Schouten Islands and nearby coast of northern New Guinea |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
| Proto-language | Proto-Schouten |
| Glottolog | scho1242 |
The Schouten languages are a linkage of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea.[1] They are in contact with various North Papuan languages, particularly the Skou and some Torricelli languages.
They are named after the Schouten Islands of Papua New Guinea.
- ^ Lynch, John; Malcolm Ross; Terry Crowley (2002). The Oceanic languages. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. ISBN 978-0-7007-1128-4. OCLC 48929366.