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Papuan


Anything related to the Papuan (or non-Austronesian) languages.These languages are found primarily ont he island of New Guinea, but also on neighboring islands in Indonesia and the Solomon Islands. Papuan languages are not necessarily genetically related to each other but are characterized by having been established prior to the migration of Austronesian-speaking peoples.Papuan languages often have complex grammars, especially compared to their neighboring Austronesian languages.


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Papuan Language Families and Genera - Classification of some of the better-known Papuan languages of Papua-New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and the Solomon Islands.
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Topics in the Grammar of Kuot, a Non-Austronesian Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea - Includes maps, sociologic background, phonology, word classes, morphology, references and sample texts.
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Language Museum - Iatmul - The Lord's Prayer in the Iatmul Language.
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Papuan Pasts Conference - Abstracts of a November 2000 conference on the origins of Papuan-speaking peoples.
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Skou - Research papers on the Skou language of northern New Guinea, including background, history, grammar, phonology and a dictionary.
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I'saka - A grammar sketch of the I'saka (Krisa) langauge of Papua New Guinea, including word lists and sample stories.
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Project Tidore: A Linguistic Description of a Papuan Language of North Halmahera, Indonesia (NIWI) - English abstract for a Dutch dissertation on Tidore by M. van Staden.
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The Languages of East Timor: Some Basic Facts - A summary of the Austronesian and Papuan languages of East Timor, including the numbers in each language.
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Saving Rare Language a Wordy Cause - News article on writing the grammar of Adang, a language of Alor Island.
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A Grammar of Bilua: A Papuan language of the Solomon Islands - Synopsis of the book by Kazuko Obata.
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Papuan Languages and the New Guinea Linguistic Scene - Full text of the landmark book edited by S. A. Wurm on Papuan languages of New Guinea.
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Holle Lists: Vocabularies in Languages of Indonesia, Vol.5/2: Irian Jaya: Papuan Languages, Northern Languages, Central Highlands Languages - Full text of the book by W. A. L. Stokhof on Papuan Languages of irian Jaya.
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Holle Lists: Vocabularies in Languages of Indonesia, Vol.5/1: Irian Jaya: Austronesian Languages; Papuan Languages, Digul Area - Full text of the book by W. A. L. Stokhof on Austronesian and Papuan languages of Irian Jaya.
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Languages of Irian Jaya, Checklist: Preliminary Classification, Language Maps, Wordlists - Full text of the book edited by C. L. Voorhoeve on Austronesian and Papuan languages.
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Peta Bahasa - Papua - Language Maps - Language maps of Irian Jaya from Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University.
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Archives of PapuanLanguages List - An archive of the Papuan Languages mailing list.
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Meyah Morphology and Syntax - Abstract of a thesis by Gilles G. Gravelle on the Meyah Language.
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Abakwi - The language of the Ndake of the Mamberamo Basin of Irian Jaya, on the Island of New Guinea. Phonology, grammar and texts.
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