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West Papuan languages
The West Papuan languages are a hypothetical language family of about two dozen Papuan languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkopf or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea and the island of Halmahera, spoken by about 220Â 000 people in all. The most populous and best known West Papuan language is Ternate (50Â 000 native speakers), which is a regional lingua franca and which, along with Tidore, were the languages of the rival medieval Ternate and Tidore kingdoms of the spice trade.
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