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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Sepa is an Oceanic language of northeast New Guinea. Sepa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...
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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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Milne Bay Province (redirect from Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea)
Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Alotau. The province covers 14,345 km2 of land and 252,990 km2 of sea, within the province...
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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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Dawawa (Dawana) is an Austronesian language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Dawawa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t e v t e...
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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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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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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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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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Papuma is an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia. Papuma at Ethnologue (18th ed...
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Bunama is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. /p/ can fluctuate to aspirated [pʰ] in stressed syllables...
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Minaveha, or Kukuya, is an Oceanic language of Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Minaveha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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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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Hakö is an Austronesian language of Buka Island, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Materials on Hakö are included in the open access...
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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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Taupota is an Oceanic language of the Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. It appears to be a dialect chain, with southern varieties called Wa'ema and...
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is an Austronesian language of New Britain in Papua New Guinea. The name Meramera comes from the closely related Nakanai language in the Bileki dialect...
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Kurudu is an Eastern Yapen language of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, in Papua Province of Western New Guinea, northeastern Indonesia. It is spoken by...
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Molima is an Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. [p] may also occur as an allophone of /ɸ/, or as a result...
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Ubir (Kubiri) is an Oceanic language of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Daily Prayers, Holy Communion and Devotions in Ubir (1920) digitized by Richard...
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Oceanic language in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Mapos Buang has a larger sound inventory than is typical of most Austronesian languages.[citation...
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