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Serra Hills Languages
The Serra Hills languages form a branch of Skou languages. They are spoken in the Serra Hills of Sandaun 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 .... Languages are, : Puari, Rawo, Womo, Sumararu References * Eastern Skou languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Hills
The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun 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 .... Serra Hillsin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2011-06-05; database downloaded 2015-06-22 The Serra Hills languages are spoken in the mountain range. See also * Serra Hills languages References Mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea {{SandaunProvince-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandaun Province
Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea (also known as home of the sunset). It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the area surrounding the town of Aitape was hit by an enormous 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake, tsunami caused by a Magnitude 7.0 earthquake which killed over 2,000 people. The five villages along the west coast of Vanimo towards the International Border are namely; Lido, Waromo, Yako, Musu and Wutung. It borders Indonesia. Name Sandaun is a Tok Pisin word derived from English "sun down," since the province is located in the west of the country, where the sun sets. The province was formerly named West Sepik Province, for the Sepik, Sepik River that flows through the province and forms part of the province's southern border. Physical Geography The Sandaun Province has beaches ... [...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] |
Skou Languages
The Sko or Skou languages are a small language family spoken by about 7000 people, mainly along the Vanimo coast of Sandaun Province in Papua New Guinea, with a few being inland from this area and at least one just across the border in the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya). Typology Tone Skou languages are unusual among Papuan languages for being tonal; all Skou languages possess contrastive tone. Vanimo, for example, has three tones, ''high, mid, low.'' Example minimal sets illustrating tonal contrasts in various Skou languages: * I’saka: ''ẽy''H ‘louse’, ''wey''L ‘butterfly’, ''wey''LH ‘house’, ''wey''HL ‘language’ * Barupu: ''e''H ‘tooth’, ''e''L ‘garden’, ''e''HL ‘mosquito’, ''e''HLH ‘write’ * Wutung: ''ho''H ‘roof thatch made from sago palm fronds’, ''ho''L ‘star’, ''ho''HL ‘grease’ * Skou: ''ta''H ‘grass’, ''ta''L ‘hair’, ''ta''HL ‘arrow’ Lakes Plain languages, spoken in a discontigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puari Language
Puare (Puari) is a nearly extinct Papuan language of 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 Sandaun Province Serra Hills languages Critically endangered languages Endangered Papuan languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawo Language
Rawo is a Papuan language in the Skou family, spoken on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the vicinity of the village of Leitre (Laitre) () in Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province. The language of Leitre itself is more closely related to Vanimo Vanimo is the capital of Sandaun Province (West Sepik) in north-westernmost Papua New Guinea and of Vanimo-Green River District. It is located on a peninsula close to the Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border, border with Indonesia, nearest to Jaya .... Although Rawo and Leitre are both in the Skou family, they are in different branches of the family. References Languages of Sandaun Province Serra Hills languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Womo Language
Womo and Sumararu are a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. The two varieties are sufficiently divergent that Usher counts them as distinct languages. Womo is spoken in Onei village () of Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG in Sandaun Province Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea (also known as home of the sunset). It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population .... References Languages of Sandaun Province Serra Hills languages Articles citing ISO change requests {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Hills Languages
The Serra Hills languages form a branch of Skou languages. They are spoken in the Serra Hills of Sandaun 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 .... Languages are, : Puari, Rawo, Womo, Sumararu References * Eastern Skou languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |