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East Aitape Rural LLG
East Aitape Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Arapesh and Schouten languages are spoken in this LLG. Wards *03. Poltulul *04. Tales-Iambu *05. Tumeleo Island (Tumleo language speakers) *06. Ali Island ( Kap language speakers) *07. Seleo Island ( Kap language speakers) *08. Poro Settlement *09. Lupai *10. Wauningi *11. Pes *12. Prou/Vokau *13. Lemieng *14. Chinapeli *15. Kiriel-Kopom *16. Paup *17. Yakamul 1 ( Kap language speakers) *18. Yakamul 2 ( Kap language speakers) *19. Ulau 1 (Ulau-Suain language speakers) *20. Ulau 2 (Ulau-Suain language speakers) *21. Suain (Ulau-Suain language speakers) *22. Labuain *23. Wamsis ( Abu’ Arapesh language speakers) *24. Balup ( Abu’ Arapesh language speakers) *25. Matapau ( Abu’ Arapesh language speakers) *80. Aitape Urban Islands Islands located within the LLG are: * Angel Island, Papua New Guinea * Ali Island * Seleo Island *Tumleo Island Tumleo or Tumeleo is a populated island ...
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia). Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest island country, with an area of . At the national level, after being ruled by three external powers since 1884, including nearly 60 years of Australian administration starting during World War I, Papua New Guinea established its sovereignty in 1975. It became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1975 with Elizabeth II as its queen. It also became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in its own right. There are 839 known languages of Papua New Guinea, on ...
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Ali Island
Ali Island is a populated island in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. The Yakamul language Yakamul, also known as Kap or Ali, is an Austronesian language spoken in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the village of Yakamul () on the north coast and on the islands of Ali, Angel In vari ... is spoken on the island. References Islands of Sandaun Province {{PapuaNewGuinea-island-stub ...
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Angel Island, Papua New Guinea
Angel Island is a populated island in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. The Yakamul language Yakamul, also known as Kap or Ali, is an Austronesian language spoken in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the village of Yakamul () on the north coast and on the islands of Ali, Angel In vari ... is spoken on the island. References Islands of Sandaun Province {{PapuaNewGuinea-island-stub ...
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Aitape
Aitape is a small town of about 18,000 people on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the Sandaun Province. It is a coastal settlement that is almost equidistant from the provincial capitals of Wewak and Vanimo, and marks the midpoint of the highway between these two capitals. Aitape has 240 V power (in general 24 hours), telephone, a bank, a post-office, a courthouse and a police station, a supermarket and many tradestores, a petrol station, two airstrips, two secondary schools, a mission office and a hospital. Aitape was established as a train station by German colonists in 1905 as part of German New Guinea. During the Second World War the town was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. Transport Aitape can be reached by logging road from Vanimo and Wewak (180 km). Boats also leave Aitape Harbor to Vanimo and Wewak. There are two airstrips: Tadji (TAJ), where most flights land, and Aitape (ATP). Tadji airstrip is located 10 km east of town. History First cont ...
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SIL International
SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is an evangelical Christian non-profit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate the Christian Bible into local languages, and aid minority language development. Based on its language documentation work, SIL publishes a database, '' Ethnologue'', of its research into the world's languages, and develops and publishes software programs for language documentation, such as FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) and Lexique Pro. Its main offices in the United States are located at the International Linguistics Center in Dallas, Texas. History William Cameron Townsend, a Presbyterian minister, founded the organization in 1934, after undertaking a Christian mission with the Disciples of Christ among the Kaqchikel Maya people in Guatemala in the early 1930s.George Th ...
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Ethnologue
''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensive catalogue of languages. It was first issued in 1951, and is now published by SIL International, an American Christian non-profit organization. Overview and content ''Ethnologue'' has been published by SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics), a Christian linguistic service organization with an international office in Dallas, Texas. The organization studies numerous minority languages to facilitate language development, and to work with speakers of such language communities in translating portions of the Bible into their languages. Despite the Christian orientation of its publisher, ''Ethnologue'' isn't ideologically or theologically biased. ''Ethnologue'' includes alternative names and autonyms, th ...
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Ulau-Suain Language
Ulau-Suain is an Austronesian language of coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Ulau 1 (), Ulau 2 (), and Suain () wards of East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland province of Papua New Guinea. 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 a .... External links * Paradisec has two collections of Arthur Cappell's materialsAC1AC2
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Seleo Island
Seleo Island is a populated island in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. The Yakamul language Yakamul, also known as Kap or Ali, is an Austronesian language spoken in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the village of Yakamul () on the north coast and on the islands of Ali, Angel In vari ... is spoken on the island. References Islands of Sandaun Province {{PapuaNewGuinea-island-stub ...
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Kap Language
Yakamul, also known as Kap or Ali, is an Austronesian language spoken in East Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in the village of Yakamul () on the north coast and on the islands of Ali, Angel In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inc ..., and Seleo islands. References Resources * Klaffl, J., & Vormann, F. (1905). Die Sprachen des Berlinhafen-Bezirks in Deutsch-Neuguinea, Mitteilungen des Seminar für orientalische Sprachen zu Berlin, 8, 1-138. Schouten languages Languages of Sandaun Province {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ...
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Tumleo Language
Tumleo is an Austronesian language of coastal Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, on Tumleo Island () and the Aitape coast in East Aitape Rural LLG. External links * Paradisec The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a cross-institutional project that supports work on endangered languages and cultures of the Pacific and the region around Australia. They digitise reel-to ... haa number of collections with materials in Tumleo language References Schouten languages Languages of Sandaun Province {{NNGuinea-lang-stub ...
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Provinces Of Papua New Guinea
For administrative purposes, Papua New Guinea is divided into administrative divisions called provinces. There are 22 provincial-level divisions, which include 20 provinces, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, and the National Capital District of Port Moresby. In 2009, the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea created two additional provinces, that officially came into being on 17 May 2012."PNG’S new province Hela, Jiwaka declared"
, ''The National'', 17 May 2012
They were Hela Province, which was split from
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