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Serra Hills Languages
The Serra Hills languages form a branch of Skou languages. They are spoken in the Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Hills
The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.[ Serra Hills] in [ Geonames.org (cc-by)]; post updated 2011-06-05; database downloaded 2015-06-22 The Serra Hills languages are spoken in the mountain range. See also *Serra Hills languages References Mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea {{SandaunProvince-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 area surrounding the town Aitape was hit by an enormous tsunami caused by a Magnitude 7.0 earthquake which killed over 2,000 people. The five villages along the west coast of Vanimo towards the International Border are namely; Lido, Waromo, Yako, Musu and Wutung. Name Sandaun is a Tok Pisin word derived from English "sun down," since the province is located in the west of the country, where the sun sets. The province was formerly named West Sepik Province, for the Sepik River that flows through the province and forms part of the province's southern border. Physical Geography The Sandaun Province has beaches along the northern coast, as well as mountainous areas throughout the province, primarily in the southern area of the province. Sev ... [...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] |
Skou Languages
The Sko or Skou languages are a small language family spoken by about 7000 people, mainly along the Vanimo coast of Sandaun Province in Papua New Guinea, with a few being inland from this area and at least one just across the border in the Indonesian province of Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya). Typology Tone Skou languages are unusual among Papuan languages for being tonal; all Skou languages possess contrastive tone. Vanimo, for example, has three tones, ''high, mid, low.'' Example minimal sets illustrating tonal contrasts in various Skou languages: * I’saka: ''ẽy''H ‘louse’, ''wey''L ‘butterfly’, ''wey''LH ‘house’, ''wey''HL ‘language’ * Barupu: ''e''H ‘tooth’, ''e''L ‘garden’, ''e''HL ‘mosquito’, ''e''HLH ‘write’ * Wutung: ''ho''H ‘roof thatch made from sago palm fronds’, ''ho''L ‘star’, ''ho''HL ‘grease’ * Skou: ''ta''H ‘grass’, ''ta''L ‘hair’, ''ta''HL ‘arrow’ Lakes Plain languages, spoken in a discontiguo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puari Language
Puare (Puari) is a nearly extinct Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. References Languages of Sandaun Province Serra Hills languages Critically endangered languages Endangered Papuan languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawo Language
Rawo is a Papuan language in the Skou family, spoken on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the vicinity of the village of Leitre (Laitre) () in Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province. The language of Leitre itself is more closely related to Vanimo Vanimo is the capital of Sandaun Province (West Sepik) in north-westernmost Papua New Guinea and of Vanimo-Green River District. It is located on a peninsula close to the border with Indonesia. Religion Its Holy Cross Pro-Cathedral is the epi .... Although Rawo and Leitre are both in the Skou family, they are in different branches of the family. References Languages of Sandaun Province Serra Hills languages {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Womo Language
Womo and Sumararu are a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. The two varieties are sufficiently divergent that Usher counts them as distinct languages. Womo is spoken in Onei village () of Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG in 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 .... References Languages of Sandaun Province Serra Hills languages Articles citing ISO change requests {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumararu Language
Womo and Sumararu are a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. The two varieties are sufficiently divergent that Usher counts them as distinct languages. Womo is spoken in Onei village () of Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG in 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 .... References Languages of Sandaun Province Serra Hills languages Articles citing ISO change requests {{papuan-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Hills Languages
The Serra Hills languages form a branch of Skou languages. They are spoken in the Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra Hills are a mountain range in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.Serra Hills The Serra H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |