West Papuan languages - Wikipedia
The West Papuan languages are a proposed language family of about two dozen non-Austronesian languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea, the island of Halmahera and its …
Languages of Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia
Since the late 19th century, West Germanic languages — namely English and German — have also been spoken and adapted into creoles such as Tok Pisin, Torres Strait Creole and Unserdeutsch. Languages with statutory recognition are Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu, and Papua New Guinean Sign Language.
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The OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area is an expanding online database of lexical materials of languages located on and around the Bird’s Head of New Guinea. The OUTOFPAPUA database is being compiled as part of the ERC-funded project “Papuans on the move.
Papuan languages | Classification, Characteristics & Dialects
Papuan languages, group of languages spoken in New Guinea and its surrounds. The area includes the entire island of New Guinea and the offshore islands of New Britain, New Ireland, Sorenarwa (Yapen), and Biak, as well as the adjoining areas of eastern Indonesia, especially the islands of Timor, Alor, and Halmahera.
Papuan languages - Wikipedia
The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. [1] It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a genetic relationship.
Meyah language and alphabet - Omniglot
Jul 15, 2024 · Meyah is a member of the Mantion-Meyah group of West Papuan languages. It is spoken by between 16,000 and 20,000 people on the Bird's Head peninsula in West Papua in eastern Indonesia.
West Papuan languages - Wikiwand / articles
The West Papuan languages are a proposed language family of about two dozen non-Austronesian languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea, the island of Halmahera and its …
Greater Awyu Languages of West Papua in Typological …
The Greater Awyu language family of West Papua. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 2012: 269 – 312.Google Scholar
326 Languages in West Papua - Insight Papua
Jun 26, 2023 · West Papua has 326 languages out of a total of 718 regional languages in the Republic of Indonesia. Where every language in West Papua has grammatical or grammatical properties that vary in each language.
West Papuan languages - Wikipedia - BME
The West Papuan languages are a language family of about two dozen Papuan languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea, the island of Halmahera and its vicinity, spoken by about 220,000 people in all.
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