Saliba is an Oceanic language spoken on the islets off the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea. There are approximately 2,500 speakers of Saliba. Significant...
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Venezuela Piaroa–Saliban languages Saliba language (Papua New Guinea) Saliba (name), including a list of people with the name Saliba Street, an old main street...
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an extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. It was restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, and it turn influencing...
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except Nimoa, Sudest, and the Kilivila languages (all spoken on islands off the coast of mainland Papua New Guinea), have subject–object–verb (SOV) word...
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Malayo-Polynesian language of the central southern coast of the Papuan Peninsula in Papua New Guinea. Paradisec has multiple collections with Toura language materials...
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usage of the language has been in decline in recent years. Elu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) "Elu Language (Papua New Guinea)". Joshua Project. v t e...
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Kele or Gele’ is a language spoken in the easterly section of inland Manus Island, New Guinea. Its name comes from the Kele word for "there". The syllable...
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Boettger, Juliane (2015). Topics in the grammar of Lele: a language of Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (Ph.D. thesis). James Cook University. "Lele". Ethnologue...
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Austronesian language spoken in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, Indonesia. It is one of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages. Ansus at Ethnologue...
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Micronesia to atolls scattered in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu. The most prominent Polynesian languages, by number of speakers, are Samoan...
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branch of Austronesian languages. Grammatically, they have been strongly influenced by the Papuan languages of northern New Guinea, but they retain a remarkably...
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Oceanic language spoken on the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea. The Gamadoudou, Soma’a, and Sileba dialects may be a separate language, Yaleba....
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The Ngero–Vitiaz languages form a linkage of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken, from west to east, in Madang Province...
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from Hiri Motu) is a Central Papuan Tip language that is spoken by the Motuans, an indigenous ethnic group of Papua New Guinea. It is commonly used today...
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Hermit language is an extinct West Manus language formerly spoken on Hermit, Luf and Maron Islands in western Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. It has...
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Manus Island and on Los Negros Island to the east in Manus Province of Papua New Guinea. It has SVO word order. Koro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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Sepa is an Oceanic language of northeast New Guinea. Sepa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...
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Pokau is an Austronesian language of the central southern coast of the Papuan Peninsula in Papua New Guinea. This language is spoken in the villages...
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language, or Kuanua, is spoken by the Tolai people of Papua New Guinea, who live on the Gazelle Peninsula in East New Britain Province. This language...
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Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. Nauna at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates...
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is an Austronesian language spoken by about 5,000 people in 1998 in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. Laxudumau, spoken...
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is an Oceanic language of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. Paradisec has the Malcolm Ross collection (MR1), which includes Tomoip language materials. Tomoip...
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Cenderawasih Bay in the provinces of Papua and West Papua. There are 38 languages. The unity of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea subgroup is well supported by...
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Busami is an Austronesian language spoken in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia. Lewis, Paul; Simons, Gary; Fennig, Charles...
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is an Austronesian language spoken by about 900 individuals in two villages on the north coast of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Malasanga at Ethnologue...
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is an Austronesian language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Hahon at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) ELAR archive of Hahon language documentation materials...
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Jaur is a language in the putative Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) branch of the Austronesian family spoken in Papua province, Western New Guinea. It has about...
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known as Tubetube, is an Austronesian language spoken on the small islands just off the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Bwanabwana Rural...
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Mutu, or Tuam (Mutu-Tuam), is an Austronesian language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Mutu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...
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Austronesian language spoken by about 1200 individuals along the northwest coast of West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Britain...
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