Matalai Rural LLG was created from Wards 15–21 in the
Namatanai Rural LLG
Namatanai Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG is located in Namatanai District and the LLG headquarters is Namatanai.
The LLG is accessible by road from Kavieng and is bordered by Sentral Niu ...
and Wards 1-2 of
Konoagil Rural LLG in the
Namatanai
Namatanai is a town on the island province of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea. It is the second largest settlement on the island and connected to the largest and provincial capital of Kavieng (264 km to the north-west) by the Boluminski Hig ...
district of New Ireland.
[Fanamaket (New Ireland) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)] It is located in the South East Coast of
New Ireland Province
New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg (), and Nova Hibernia, is the northeasternmost Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea.
Physical geography
The largest island of the province is New Ireland (island), New Irelan ...
. It has a population of 12,393 as of the 2011 PNG National Census. The current LLG President is Augustine Topi. Languages spoken here are
Sursurunga language
Sursurunga is an Oceanic language of New Ireland (island), New Ireland.
Phonology
Consonants
* has two allophones: syllable initially and syllable finally.
* has two allophones: syllable initially and ~ syllable finally.
* has two allo ...
,
Tanglamet and
Konomala language
Konomala is an Oceanic language
The approximately 450 Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages. The area occupied by speakers of these languages includes Polynesia, as well as much of Melanesia and Micronesia. Though cover ...
.
* Sursurunga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
References
Local-level governments of New Ireland Province
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