Onjob is a

Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

. It is a rather divergent member of the Dagan family. It is spoken in Koreat () and Naukwate () villages in

Tufi Rural LLG Tufi Rural LLG (formerly Cape Nelson Rural LLG) is a local-level government (LLG) of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The Onjob language is spoken in two villages within the LLG. Wards *01. Kewansapsap *02. Marua *03. Uiaku *04. Ganjiga *05. Rai ...

Oro Province Oro Province, formerly (and officially still) Northern Province, is a coastal province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Popondetta. The province covers 22,800 km2, and has 176,206 inhabitants (2011 census). The province shares la ...

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* Materials on Karnai are included in the open access

Arthur Capell Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages. Early life Capell was born in Newtown, New South Wales ...

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Paradisec The Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC) is a cross-institutional project that supports work on endangered languages and cultures of the Pacific and the region around Australia. They digitise reel-to ...

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Languages of Papua New Guinea Languages of Oro Province Dagan languages Vulnerable languages {{papuan-lang-stub