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West Papuan (other)
West Papuan may refer to: * someone or something of, from, or related to, West Papua (other), West Papua * West Papuan languages, a group of languages {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Papua (other)
West Papua may refer to: *Western New Guinea, the western half of the island of New Guinea administered by Indonesia *West Papua (province), an Indonesian province comprising the Bird's Head Peninsula, Bomberai Peninsula, and adjacent islands *Republic of West Papua The Republic of West Papua ( id, Republik Papua Barat) is a proposed state consisting of the Western New Guinea region. The region has been administered by Indonesia since 1 May 1963 under several names in the following order, West Irian, Irian ..., a purported state seeking the independence of Western New Guinea from Indonesia See also * West Papuan (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Papuan Languages
The West Papuan languages are a proposed language family of about two dozen non-Austronesian languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula (Vogelkop or Doberai Peninsula) of far western New Guinea, the island of Halmahera and its vicinity, spoken by about 220,000 people in all. It is not established if they constitute a proper linguistic family or an areal network of genetically unrelated families. The best known "West Papuan" language is Ternate (50,000 native speakers) of the island of the same name, which is a regional lingua franca and which, along with neighboring Tidore, were the languages of the rival medieval Ternate and Tidore sultanates, famous for their role in the spice trade. Languages ;West Papuan * North Halmahera (Halmahera – West Makian) **Core North Halmahera ** ''West Makian'' *'' Amberbaken (Mpur)'' * Yawa (Yapen) *West–Central Bird's Head ** West Bird's Head ** ''Abun'' **'' Maybrat (Central Bird's Head)'' *East Bird's Head ** ''Burmeso'' ** Hatam–Mans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |