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Kwerbic Languages
The Kwerbic, or Greater Kwerba, languages are a family of just under a dozen Papuan languages spoken in Indonesia. Classification The Kwerba family is clearly established. Its closest relative appears to be Isirawa. Mawes is added by Ross (2005), but not retained by Usher; Isirawa was rejected by Ross, but retained by Usher and by Donohue (2002). Usher also adds Kapauri–Sause. Capell (1962) proposed placing Kwerba and Isirawa in a Dani–Kwerba proposal, which was retained in Stephen Wurm's 1975 Trans–New Guinea phylum. Malcolm Ross (2005) removed them and linked them with another erstwhile branch of TNG in a Tor–Kwerba proposal. Usher follows Ross, but adds the Nimboran languages as well. Foley (2018) Foley (2018) provides the following classification. Usher (2020) Usher uses the label 'West Foja Range' to avoid the ambiguity of the name 'Kwerb(a/ic)'. Basic vocabulary Basic vocabulary in Kwerba family languages ( Isirawa, Kwerba, Kauwera, Samarokena) lis ...
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New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Mainland Australia, Australia by the wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf, and were united during episodes of low sea level in the Pleistocene glaciations as the combined landmass of Sahul. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The island's name was given by Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez during his maritime expedition of 1545 due to the perceived resemblance of the indigenous peoples of the island to those in the Guinea (region), African region of Guinea. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the nation of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea, forms a part of Indonesia and is organized as the provinces of Pap ...
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Airoran Language
Airoran is a language of Indonesia, spoken in the north coast area on the lower Apauwer River of Papua (Irian Jaya), in the villages of Subu, Motobiak, Isirania, etc. It is rather divergent from other Kwerba languages The half dozen Kwerba languages form a small language family spoken in Papua Province, Indonesia. Languages The languages are, *Bagusa language, Bagusa *Kauwera language, Kauwera (Kaowerawedj) *Kwerba language, Kwerba (Sasawa, Air Mati) *Kwerba ..., though clearly related. References *Clouse, Duane, Mark Donohue and Felix Ma. 2002. "Survey report of the north coast of Irian JayaOLAC resources in and about the Airoran language
Languages of Western New Guinea
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Orya–Tor Languages
The Orya–Tor languages are a family of just over a dozen Papuan languages spoken in Western New Guinea, Indonesia. Classification The Tor family, named after the Tor River, is clearly established. Its closest relative appears to be Orya. Stephen Wurm Stephen Adolphe Wurm (, ; 19 August 1922 – 24 October 2001) was a Hungarian-born Australian linguist. Early life Wurm was born in Budapest, the second child to the German-speaking Adolphe Wurm and the Hungarian-speaking Anna Novroczky. ... (1975) linked Orya and the Tor languages with the Lakes Plain languages, forming a branch of his Trans–New Guinea phylum. Clouse (1997) found no evidence of such a connection. Malcolm Ross (2005) linked them instead with part of another erstwhile branch of TNG in a Tor–Kwerba proposal, and Usher makes a broadly similar proposal. ''Glottolog'' accepts only the link with Orya as having been demonstrated. Languages Foley (2018) Foley (2018) provides the following classifi ...
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Apauwar River
The Apauwar River is a river in Western New Guinea. Appuvarin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2013-05-07; database downloaded 2015-11-27 See also *List of drainage basins of Indonesia *List of rivers of Western New Guinea This is a partial list of rivers of Western New Guinea in Indonesia.''Map of Indonesia''. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017. In alphabetical order By mouth location From west to east: North coast ... * Apauwar River languages References Rivers of Papua (province) {{Indonesia-river-stub Apauwer basin ...
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Sause Language
Sause is a Papuan language spoken in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ..., to the southwest of Sentani. Its classification is uncertain, but it appears to be related to Kapauri and the Tor languages. Sause is spoken in Ures, Mubararon, Sause-Bokoko, Witti-Yadow, Lidya, and Puaral villages. References Languages of Western New Guinea Kapauri–Sause languages Language isolates of New Guinea {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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Kapauri Language
Kapori (Kapauri) is a Papuan language of Pagai village in Airu District, Jayapura Regency Jayapura Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Paci ..., Papua, Indonesia. Vocabulary The following basic vocabulary words are from Voorhoeve (1975), as cited in the Trans-New Guinea database: : Further reading *Rumaropen, Benny. 2006. ''Survey Report on the Kapauri Language of Papua, Indonesia''. Unpublished ms. Jayapura: SIL Indonesia. References Languages of Western New Guinea Kapauri–Sause languages Language isolates of New Guinea {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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Foja Range
The Foja Mountains (Foja Range, Foya Mountains) () are located just north of the Mamberamo river basin in Papua, Indonesia. The mountains rise to , and have 3,000 square kilometers of old growth tropical rainforest in the interior part of the range. The Foja forest tract covers 9,712 square kilometers and is the largest tropical forest without roads in the Asia Pacific region. The Foja Range languages are spoken within the mountain range and nearby areas. Geography The Foja Mountains are cooler than the lowlands below because of their elevation, but January and July temperatures still average . The rainy season is from December to March, but the area can receive rain throughout the year. In a typical year, the range receives more than of precipitation. Relative humidity ranges from 73 to 87%. The nearest villages include Sragafareh, Jomen, Beggensabah, Aer Mati, and Dabra. History The mountains have no record of visitors prior to 1979 (Stattersfield et al. 1998). Much of the ...
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Trimuris Language
Trimuris is a Papuan language of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... References Languages of Western New Guinea Kwerba languages {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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Kwerba Mamberamo Language
Kwerba Mamberamo is a Papuan language of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... References Languages of Western New Guinea Kwerba languages {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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Kwerba Language
Kwerba is a Papuan language of Indonesia. Alternate names are ''Airmati (Armati), Koassa, Mataweja, Naibedj, Segar Tor, Tekutameso''. Kwerba is spoken in Apiaweti, Aurime, Munukania, Tatsewalem, and Wamariri villages in Sarmi Regency Sarmi Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in Papua Province of Indonesia. It was formed from the western districts which had until then been part of Jayapura Regency with effect from 12 November 2002. It covers an area of 18,034.0 km2 .... Phonology * The consonants /p k/ can be heard as ¸ xintervocalically. * The plosive and affricate consonants can be aspirated word-finally. * /s/ sometimes varies to word initially and intervocalically for some speakers. * /r/ does not occur word-initially. Stress occurs on the penultimate syllable. Pronouns Kwerba nominative pronouns as given in Foley (2018): : References Languages of Western New Guinea Kwerba languages {{papuan-lang-stub ...
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