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Nambu Languages
Nambu is a cluster of Papuan languages spoken in the Morehead River region of Papua New Guinea. Languages Varieties are distinct but have some mutually intelligibility with their neighbors. Usher (2020) lists the following languages, with Nambo and Namna considered dialects of a single language. ;East Morehead River *Neme–Ndre: Ndre language, Ndre (Dre, Ndré-di), Neme language, Neme (Karigari, Dorro, Moi-e, Moive) *Upper Wassi Kussa River, Wassi Kussa: Nen language (Papuan), Nen (Nenium, Wekamara), Nambo-Namna language, Nambo–Namna (Nmbo, Nombuio, Tanjuamu, Keraki; Tendavi) *Central East Morehead River **Namo–Län: Län language, Län (Len, Dapo, Dungerwab, Parb, Tuj), Namo language, Namo (Kaunje) **Nama–Namat: Nama language (Papuan), Nama (Noraia), Namat language, Namat (Potoia) References External links * Timothy Usher, New Guinea WorldProto–East Morehead River (under construction 2020) Nambu languages, Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans-Fly – Bulaka River Languages
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Trans-Fly may refer to: Linguistics *Trans-Fly languages *Eastern Trans-Fly languages *Trans-Fly–Bulaka River languages Geography *Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands See also *Fly River *Western Province (Papua New Guinea) *Merauke Regency Merauke Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency in the far south of the Indonesian province of South Papua. It covers an area of 45,013.35 km2, and had a population of 195,716 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yam Languages
The Yam languages, also known as the Morehead River languages, are a language family, family of Papuan languages. They include many of the languages south and west of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea and Indonesian Western New Guinea (South Papua). Name The name ''Morehead and Upper Maro River'', or ''Morehead–Maro'', refers to the area around the Morehead River, Morehead and Maro River, Maro rivers. Most of the languages are found between these rivers, but the Nambu subgroup are spoken east of the Morehead. Evans (2012) refers to the family instead with the more compact name ''Yam''. This name is motivated by a number of linguistic and cultural items of significance: ''yam'' (and cognates) means "custom, tradition"; ''yəm'' (and cognates) means "is"; and yam tubers are the local staple and of central cultural importance. External relationships Ross (2005) tentatively includes the Yam languages in the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River languages, Trans-Fly – Bulaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papuan Languages
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. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a genetic relationship. New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse region in the world. Besides the Austronesian languages, there arguably are some 800 languages divided into perhaps sixty small language families, with unclear relationships to each other or to any other languages, plus many language isolates. The majority of the Papuan languages are spoken on the island of New Guinea, with a number spoken in the Bismarck Archipelago, Bougainville Island and the Solomon Islands to the east, and in Halmahera, Timor and the Alor archipelago to the west. The westernmost language, Tambora in Sumbawa, is extinct. One Papuan language, Meriam, is spoken within the national borders of Australia, in the eastern Torres Strait. Several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morehead River
The Morehead River is a river in southwestern Papua New Guinea. It is located just to the east of the Bensbach River, and to the west of the Fly River. The river flows through the Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands. The mouth of the river is located at the southern end of Morehead Rural LLG and discharges at the head of Heath Bay.Georges, A., Guarino, F., & Bito, B. (2006)Freshwater turtles of the TransFly region of Papua New Guinea – notes on diversity, distribution, reproduction, harvest and trade ''Wildlife Research'', 33(5), 373. The Morehead River was named after Boyd Dunlop Morehead, 10th Premier of Queensland by Sir William MacGregor. Yam languages, also known as the Morehead-Wasur languages, are spoken in the Morehead River area. See also *List of rivers of Papua New Guinea *Western Province (Papua New Guinea) *Tonda Wildlife Management Area *Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands *Bensbach River References Rivers of Papua New Guinea {{PapuaNewGuinea-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border, a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital, on its southern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest list of island countries, island country, with an area of . The nation was split in the 1880s between German New Guinea in the North and the Territory of Papua, British Territory of Papua in the South, the latter of which was ceded to Australia in 1902. All of present-day Papua New Guinea came under Australian control following World War I, with the legally distinct Territory of New Guinea being established out of the former German colony as a League of Nations mandate. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndre Language
Ndre (Dre) is a nearly extinct Yam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... As of 2017, only one elderly speaker remained in the village of Ramar. References {{Languages of Papua New Guinea Nambu languages Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neme Language
Neme (or Dorro, Karigari, Moi-e ~ Moive) is a Yam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... References {{Languages of Papua New Guinea Nambu languages Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) Severely endangered languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wassi Kussa River
The Wassi Kussa River is a river in southwestern Papua New Guinea. Wassi Kussa Riverin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2012-01-17; database downloaded 2015-06-22 See also *List of rivers of Papua New Guinea This is a list of rivers of Papua New Guinea. In alphabetical order New Britain * Aemoi River * Apmi River * Balima River (Papua New Guinea) * Johanna River (New Britain) * Warangoi River New Ireland * Aparam River * Lossuk River * Lumis Rive ... * Upper Wassi Kussa languages References Rivers of Papua New Guinea {{PapuaNewGuinea-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nen Language (Papuan)
Nen (or Nen Zi, Nenium, Wekamara) is a Yam language spoken in the Bimadbn village in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, with 250 speakers as of a 2002 SIL survey. It is situated between the speech communities of Nambu and Idi. Nen has unusual lexicalization patterns in its verbs. It has very few intransitive verbs, and where some verbs would be intransitive in most other languages, Nen has a class of morphologically "middle" verbs in their place. Many of the few intransitive verbs that Nen does have are positional verbs, which refer to spatial positions and postures. Phonology The Nen phonemic inventory includes 22 consonants: */h/ occurs rarely in a few interactional and deictic words. ;Vowels: :: */ã, ẽ/ occur rarely in a few interactional and deictic words. Morphology Number The realization of different grammatical meanings of Number in the noun depends on the syntactic function and case marking. The noun in the dative overtly differentiates 4 grammat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nambo-Namna Language
Nambo-Namna is a Yam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... The two varieties are mutually intelligible. They are, *Nambo (Nmbo, Nambu, Nombuio, Tanjuamu, Keraki) *Namna (Tendavi) References Further reading * * * {{Languages of Papua New Guinea Nambu languages Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Län Language
Län (Len, or Dapo, Dungerwab, Parb, Tuj) is a Yam language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... References Nambu languages Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea) {{Papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
