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Sempan Language
Sempan, or Nararapi, is a language spoken primarily in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Western New Guinea Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region ... by the (''Semopane Owe''). References Asmat-Kamoro languages Languages of Western New Guinea {{TNG-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea, Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the List of countries and dependencies by area, 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Islam by country, Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia operates as a Presidential system, presidential republic with an elected People's Consultative Assembly, legislature and consists of Provinces of Indonesia, 38 provinces, nine of which have Autonomous administrative divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimika Regency
Mimika Regency is one of the regencies (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of Central Papua. It covers an area of 21,693.51 km2, and had a population of 182,001 at the 2010 Census,Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. which grew to 311,969 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The official estimate as of mid-2024 was 492,896 - a 58% gain from 2020.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Mimika Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9412) The administrative centre is the town of Timika, which lies within Mimika Baru District, which had 143,367 inhabitants in mid-2023Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Mimika Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9412) but this figure officially more than doubled to 318,679 in mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Mimika Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.9412) The regency covers the entire south coast of its province. The only other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Papua
Central Papua, officially the Central Papua Province () is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province located in the central region of Western New Guinea. It was formally established on 25 July 2022 from the former eight western regencies of the province of Papua (province), Papua. It covers an area of 61,072.91 km2 and had an officially estimated population of 1,472,910 in mid 2024 (comprising 784,670 males and 688,240 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Provinsi Papua Tengah Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.94) It is bordered by the Indonesian provinces of West Papua (province), West Papua to the west, the province of Papua (province), Papua to the north and northeast, by Highland Papua to the east, and by South Papua to the southeast. The administrative capital is located in Wanggar District in Nabire Regency, although Timika (in Mimika Regency) is a larger town. Central Papua are bordered by seas in the north and south. Nabire is situat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans–New Guinea Languages
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive Language family, family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands, a region corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as Western New Guinea, parts of Indonesia. Trans–New Guinea is perhaps the List of language families#By number of languages, third-largest language family in the world by number of languages. The core of the family is considered to be established, but its boundaries and overall membership are uncertain. The languages are spoken by around 3 million people. There have been several main proposals as to its internal classification. History of the proposal Although Papuan languages for the most part are poorly documented, several of the branches of Trans–New Guinea have been recognized for some time. The Eleman languages were first proposed by S. Ray in 1907, parts of Marind languages, Marind were recognized by Ray and JHP Murray in 1918, and the Rai Coast languages in 1919, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western New Guinea
Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in 1962. Given the island is alternatively named Papua, the region is also called West Papua (). It is one of the seven geographical units of Indonesia in ISO 3166-2:ID. Lying to the west of Papua New Guinea and geographically a part of the Australian continent, the territory is almost entirely in the Southern Hemisphere and includes the Biak and Raja Ampat archipelagoes. The region is predominantly covered with rainforest where traditional peoples live, including the Dani of the Baliem Valley. A large proportion of the population live in or near coastal areas. The largest city is Jayapura. The island of New Guinea has been populated for tens of thousands of years. European traders began frequenting the region around the late 16th century due to spice trade. In the end, the Dutch Empire emerged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
