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Trans–New Guinea

Trans–New Guinea is the alternative form of Trans-New Guinea.

Meaning of Trans-New Guinea

Proper noun

Trans-New Guinea

  1. A major language family spoken in large parts of New Guinea.
    • The squares of the numbers 1 to 10 are spelt out in the Ndom³ language, in arbitrary order: […] ³ The Ndom language belongs to the Trans-New Guinea family. It is spoken by about 1200 people on the isle of Kolopom (Pulau Kolepom, Pulau Kimaam or Pulau Dolok, formerly Frederick Hendrik Island) off...2007, Ivan Derzhanski, “Fifth International Olympiad in Theoretical, Mathematical and Applied Linguistics”, in International Linguistics Olympiad, page 3

Questions about Trans–New Guinea

What is Trans–New Guinea the alternative form of?
Trans–New Guinea is the alternative form of Trans-New Guinea.

Words near Trans–New Guinea in the dictionary

  1. transynaptically
  2. transyouth
  3. transyouths
  4. transzonal
  5. transzygomatic
  6. Trans–New Guinea
  7. trant
  8. trantastic
  9. tranted
  10. tranter
  11. tranters

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