• Kainantu is a town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It had some historical significance as an airstrip town during WWII. It functions primarily...
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    The Kainantu–Goroka languages are a family of Papuan languages established by Arthur Capell in 1948 under the name East Highlands. They formed the core...
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  • Kainantu District is a district of the Eastern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Kainantu. 6°17′24″S 145°51′34″E / 6.29000°S 145...
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    2004 Landowners threatened to close down Highlands Pacific's Kainantu gold mine. Kainantu Gold Mine is an underground mine and the concentrate is trucked...
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  • Agenahambo Primary School, Popondetta, Or Provinc Aiyura National High School, Kainantu, EHP Alkena Primary School, Tambul, WHP Amba Demonstration Primary School...
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    became TNG for the first time, linking Engan, Chimbu–Wahgi, Goroka, and Kainantu. (Duna and Kalam were added in 1971.) Then in 1970, Clemens Voorhoeve and...
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    Papua New Guinea. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) by road from Kainantu in the Aiyura Valley. The population consists of a variety of paid staff...
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    but were not injured". Another prisoner was lynched in the same month in Kainantu while being escorted from a courthouse, receiving axe wounds in the head...
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  • He spent most of his life in Port Moresby and in the Eastern Highlands (Kainantu and Goroka). His first posting, or one of his early postings was over in...
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    passes over the wall of Yonki Dam and then travels through the towns of Kainantu and Henganofi to the provincial capital, Goroka. From here it travels up...
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  • Fore language (category Kainantu–Goroka languages)
    Fore or Foré /ˈfɔːreɪ/ FOR-ay is a Kainantu-Goroka language spoken in the Goroka District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. The consonants...
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    Kainantu Urban LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Ukarumpa, an important SIL International base in...
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  • of the Wa people of Burma and China Awa language (Papua New Guinea), a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea Awa Pit language, a Barbacoan language spoken...
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  • site of the school and the pupils grew in number to 13, some came from Kainantu and Aiyura. The original school building was used as a place to store sports...
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    Aiyura Valley viewed from road leading in from Kainantu. The Aiyura airport is in the background....
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    Henganofi Kafentina Rural Dunantina Rural Fayantina Rural Kainantu District Kainantu Kainantu Urban Kamano 1 Rural Kamano 2 Rural Agarabi Gadsup-Tairora...
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    fast-flowing. The energy of the river is used by a power plant near the city of Kainantu. On the south side, the most significant rivers are Pulau, Digul, Fly,...
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    following Palmer, et al. (2018): Trans-New Guinea Madang Finisterre-Huon Kainantu-Goroka Chimbu-Wahgi Enga-Kewa-Huli Bosavi East Strickland Kutubu Duna-Bogaya...
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    Timothy Usher. It unites the Kainantu–Goroka (Eastern Highlands) and Angan (Kratke Range) languages: Eastern Highlands (Kainantu–Goroka, Eastern Highlands...
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  • as proto-Trans–New Guinea.) Studies group Madang, Finisterre-Huon, and Kainantu-Goroka together as part of a larger Northeast New Guinea (NENG) group on...
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  • Gadsup language (category Kainantu–Goroka languages)
    Gadsup is a Kainantu language spoken by the people of the same name in Papua New Guinea. /ɸ, β, s, ɾ, x/ become plosives [p, b, t, d, k] when preceded...
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  • Turama-Kikori Kiwaian Awin-Pa Central Papua New Guinea Madang Finisterre-Huon Kainantu-Goroka Chimbu-Wahgi Enga-Kewa-Huli Bosavi East Strickland Kutubu Duna-Bogaya...
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  • from Lae in Morobe province and 90 km (56 mi) from the nearby town of Kainantu also in the Eastern Highlands. Other nearby towns include Kundiawa in Simbu...
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    Aiyura Airport Aiyura Valley viewed from road leading in from Kainantu. Aiyura airport is in the background. IATA: AYU ICAO: AYAY Summary Location Aiyura...
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  • Earthquake Hazards Program. U.S. Geological Survey. "M7.6 – 66 km E of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea". Earthquake Hazards Program. U.S. Geological Survey...
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  • 000 (2017) Native speakers 600 (2017) Language family Trans–New Guinea ? Kainantu–Goroka Goroka Kamono–Yagaria Abaga Language codes ISO 639-3 abg Glottolog...
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  • School, Alex J. Campbell, pastor at the highlands headquarters (Ramu, Kainantu), and Stuart Gander further west at Benabena. Due to the rapid deterioration...
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  • (registered VH-TGR) crashed shortly after take-off from an unpaved airfield near Kainantu, Papua New Guinea, killing the two pilots and six of the nine passengers...
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  • R. McArthur, was stationed there from 1954 when the "rough track" from Kainantu opened to traffic. Transportation in the region improved to such a degree...
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  • Tairora language (category Kainantu–Goroka languages)
    Tairoa (Tairora) is a Kainantu language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Tairoa proper, or North Tairoa, includes dialects Aantantara (Andandara), Arau-Varosia...
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