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Kela Language (New Guinea)
Kala, also known as Kela, is an Austronesian language spoken by about 2200 people (in 2002) in several villages along the south coast of the Huon Gulf between Salamaua Peninsula and the Paiawa River, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Overview The principal villages from north to south are: *Salamaua Rural LLG **Manindala (also known as Kela) () **Lambu (also known as Logui) () **Apoze (also known as Laukanu) () **Kamiali (also known as Lababia) () * Morobe Rural LLG **Alẽso (also known as Buso) () **Kui () There are four dialects of Kala. The three southern villages share a dialect with very minor differences found in the village of Kui while each of the northern villages has its own dialect. Linguistically, Kala belongs to the North Huon Gulf languages The family of North Huon Gulf languages is a subgroup of the Huon Gulf languages of Papua New Guinea. It consists of three languages, all of which are distinguished by severe truncation of many inherited roots and the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huon District
Huon District (alternatively Huon Gulf District) is a district of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Salamaua Salamaua () was a small town situated on the northeastern coastline of Papua New Guinea, in Salamaua Rural LLG, Morobe province. The settlement was built on a minor isthmus between the coast with mountains on the inland side and a headland. The c .... The population of the district was 77,564 at the 2011 census. at statoids.com References Districts of Papua New Guinea Morobe Province {{MorobeProvince-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morobe Province
Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital and largest city is Lae. The province covers 33,705 km2, with a population of 674,810 (2011 census), and since the division of Southern Highlands Province in May 2012 it is the most populous province. It includes the Huon Peninsula, the Markham River, and delta, and coastal territories along the Huon Gulf. The province has nine administrative districts. At least 101 languages are spoken, including Kâte and Yabem language. English language, English and Tok Pisin are common languages in the urban areas, and in some areas pidgin forms of German are mixed with the native language. History Nomenclature The Morobe Province takes its name from former German administration center of ''Morobe'' southeast of the Lae. Under German administration, Morobe (meaning post) was named Adolfhafen for the German Deutsch Neuguinea-Kompagnie's Adolf von Hansemann and German word ''hafen'' (''heɪfən' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salamaua Rural LLG
Salamaua Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Wards *01. Hote *02. Yemly *03. Bobodum *04. Selebob *05. Kamiatam ( Iwal language speakers) *06. Mubo ( Iwal language speakers) *07. Lababia (Kala language speakers) *08. Salus ( Iwal language speakers) *09. Buansing ( Iwal language speakers) *10. Laukanu (Kala language and Iwal language speakers) *11. Laugui (Kala language and Iwal language speakers) *12. Keila (Kala language Kala, also known as Kela, is an Austronesian language spoken by about 2200 people (in 2002) in several villages along the south coast of the Huon Gulf between Salamaua Peninsula and the Paiawa River, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Overvie ... speakers) *13. Asini *14. Buakap *15. Lutu Busama *16. Awasa Busama *17. Wabubu References * * Local-level governments of Morobe Province {{MorobeProvince-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morobe Rural LLG
Morobe Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Wards *01. Kui (Kala language speakers) *02. Paiawa (Numbami language Numbami (also known as Siboma or Sipoma) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 200 people with ties to a single village in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Siboma village (), Paiawa ward, Morobe Rural LLG. Numbami is a p ... speakers) *03. Miama *04. Zinamba *05. Zigori *06. Amoa *07. Bosadi *08. Mou *09. Ana *10. Eware *11. Kobo *12. Eiya *13. Wuwu *14. Dona *15. Ainse *16. Zare *17. Siu *18. Popoe *19. Bau *20. Morobe Station *21. Pema References * * {{MorobeProvince-geo-stub Local-level governments of Morobe Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayo-Polynesian Languages
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast Asia (Indonesian and Philippine Archipelago) and the Pacific Ocean, with a smaller number in continental Asia in the areas near the Malay Peninsula. Cambodia, Vietnam and the Chinese island Hainan serve as the northwest geographic outlier. Malagasy, spoken in the island of Madagascar off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, is the furthest western outlier. The languages spoken south-westward from central Micronesia until Easter Island are sometimes referred to as the Polynesian languages. Many languages of the Malayo-Polynesian family show the strong influence of Sanskrit and Arabic, as the western part of the region has been a stronghold of Hinduism, Buddhism, and, later, Islam. Two morphological characteristics of the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceanic Languages
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 covering a vast area, Oceanic languages are spoken by only two million people. The largest individual Oceanic languages are Eastern Fijian with over 600,000 speakers, and Samoan with an estimated 400,000 speakers. The Gilbertese (Kiribati), Tongan, Tahitian, Māori, Western Fijian and Tolai (Gazelle Peninsula) languages each have over 100,000 speakers. The common ancestor which is reconstructed for this group of languages is called Proto-Oceanic (abbr. "POc"). Classification The Oceanic languages were first shown to be a language family by Sidney Herbert Ray in 1896 and, besides Malayo-Polynesian, they are the only established large branch of Austronesian languages. Grammatically, they have been strongly influenced by the Papuan languages of northern New Guinea, but they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Oceanic Languages
The Western Oceanic languages is a linkage of Oceanic languages, proposed and studied by . Classification The West Oceanic linkage is made up of three sub-linkages:. * North New Guinea linkage * Meso-Melanesian linkage * Papuan Tip linkage The center of dispersal was evidently near the Willaumez Peninsula The Willaumez Peninsula is located on the north coast of New Britain in the West New Britain Province. It was named after Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez (7 August 1763 – 17 May 1845) was a French sailor, ... on the north coast of New Britain. Notes References * * {{Austronesian languages Oceanic languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North New Guinea Languages
The North New Guinea languages of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia form a possible linkage of Western Oceanic languages. They have been in heavy contact with Papuan languages. Classification According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows: *? Sarmi–Jayapura family * Schouten linkage *Huon Gulf family * Ngero–Vitiaz linkage The center of dispersal was evidently near the Vitiaz Strait between New Britain New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Dam ... and the New Guinea mainland. The inclusion of Sarmi and Jayapura Bay is uncertain, and it may constitute a separate branch of Western Oceanic. References * Ross, Malcolm (1988). ''Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia.'' Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. {{North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngero–Vitiaz Languages
The Ngero–Vitiaz languages form a linkage of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea. They are spoken, from west to east, in Madang Province, Morobe Province, and New Britain. Classification According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows: Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. ''The Oceanic languages.'' Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. *Ngero family **Bariai linkage: Bariai, Kove, Lusi, Malalamai **Tuam linkage: Gitua, Mutu * Vitiaz linkage **Bel family ***Astrolabe (East Bel) linkage: Awad Bing, Mindiri, Wab ***Nuclear Bel (West Bel) linkage: Marik (Dami, Ham), Gedaged, Bilibil, Takia, Matukar **Southwest New Britain linkage ***Bibling linkage: Lamogai, Mouk-Aria ***Pasismanua linkage: Aigon, Miu, Kaulong–Karore, Sengseng ***Arawe linkage: ****East Arawe: Akolet, Avau, Bebeli, Lesing-Gelimi ****West Arawe: Solong, Apalik (Ambul), Gimi, Aiklep ****? Mangseng **Mengen family: Lote, Mamusi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huon Gulf Languages
The Huon Gulf languages are Western Oceanic languages spoken primarily in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. They may form a group of the North New Guinea languages, perhaps within the Ngero–Vitiaz branch of that family. Unusually for Oceanic languages, two North Huon Gulf languages, Bukawa and Yabem, are tonal. The only other tonal Oceanic languages are found in New Caledonia. Classification According to Lynch, Ross, & Crowley (2002), the structure of the family is as follows: Lynch, John, Malcolm Ross & Terry Crowley. 2002. ''The Oceanic languages.'' Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. * North Huon Gulf linkage *Markham family * South Huon Gulf linkage * Numbami Proto-Huon Gulf Proto-Huon Gulf was reconstructed by Malcolm Ross in 1986 in ''Proto-Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia''. It is reconstructed on the basis of shared phonological, morphosyntactic In linguistics, morphology () is the study of words, how they are formed, and their relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Huon Gulf Languages
The family of North Huon Gulf languages is a subgroup of the Huon Gulf languages of Papua New Guinea. It consists of three languages, all of which are distinguished by severe truncation of many inherited roots and the compensatory development of suprasegmentals on vowels: phonemic tone in Yabem language, Yabem and Bukawa language, Bukawa (Ross 1993) and nasalization in Kela language (Papua New Guinea), Kela (Johnson 1994). Languages * Yabem language, Yabem * Bukawa language, Bukawa * Kela language (Papua New Guinea), Kela Footnotes References * Eckermann, W. (2007). ''A descriptive grammar of the Bukawa language of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.'' PL585. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. * Johnson, Morris (1994)Kela organised phonology data * Ross, Malcolm (1988). ''Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia.'' Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. * Ross, Malcolm (1993). "Tonogenesis in the North Huon Gulf chain." In Jerold A. Edmondson and Kenneth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
