papuan language

1. 1.

   any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages

   SynonymsPapuan

   Broadernatural language

Questions about papuan language

What does papuan language mean?

papuan language means "any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages".

What is another word for papuan language?

Close synonyms include Papuan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is papuan language a common word?

papuan language is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.