Marienberg Rural LLG (also
Marienberg Hills Rural LLG) is a
local-level government (LLG) of
East Sepik Province
East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size.
History
Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier b ...
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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 i ...
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The
Marienberg languages
The Marienberg or Marienberg Hills languages are a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in a mountainous stretch of region located between the towns of Wewak and Angoram in the Marienberg Hills of East Sepik Province, Papua ...
are spoken in this LLG, as well as various
Lower Sepik-Ramu languages
Lower may refer to:
*Lower (surname)
*Lower Township, New Jersey
*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England
See also
*Nizhny
Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́ ...
and the isolate
Tayap.
Wards
*01. Kasmin 2 (
Buna language speakers)
*02. Kasmin 1 (
Buna language speakers)
*03. Mansep
*04. Ariapan (
Buna language speakers)
*05. Boik (
Buna language speakers)
*06. Kis
*07. Kaup
*08. Murik (
Nor language speakers)
*09. Darapap
*10. Karau
*11. Mendam
*12. Bin
*13. Suk (
Buna language speakers)
*14. Imbandomarienberg
*15. Mamber
*16. Watam (
Marangis language speakers)
*17. Kopar (
Kopar language speakers)
*18. Mabuk
*19.
Gapun
Gapun is a village in Marienberg Rural LLG, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, located near the mouth of the Sepik River. The language isolate Tayap is traditionally spoken in Gapun by the Tayap people. Gapun village is the sole Tayap settle ...
(
Tayap language
Tayap (also spelled Taiap; called Gapun in earlier literature, after the name of the village in which it is spoken) is an endangered Papuan language spoken by fewer than 50 people in Gapun village of Marienberg Rural LLG in East Sepik Province, ...
speakers)
*20. Arango
*21. Ombos
*22. Ormai
*23. Jangit
*24. Manimong
*25. Murken
*26. Pokran
*27. Jeta
*28. Binam
*29. Pankin
See also
*
Marienberg, Papua New Guinea
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Marienberg Hills
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Marienberg languages
The Marienberg or Marienberg Hills languages are a branch of the Torricelli language family. They are spoken in a mountainous stretch of region located between the towns of Wewak and Angoram in the Marienberg Hills of East Sepik Province, Papua ...
References
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{{Districts of East Sepik Province
Local-level governments of East Sepik Province