Tanga people are a tribe of
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 ...
that lives in the
Tanga Islands
The Tanga Islands are an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north-east of New Ireland and part of the Bismarck Archipelago. Tanga is made up of four main islands — Boang, Maledok, Lif and Tefa — and a number of smaller, uninhabited i ...
and
Feni Islands
The Feni Islands are an island group in Papua New Guinea, located east of New Ireland, at . It is a part of the Bismarck Archipelago. The largest island of the group is Ambitle, the other island is Babase Island
Babase Island is an island of ...
of
Tanir Rural LLG
Tanir Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the Tanga Islands and the Feni Islands. Tanir is a portmanteau word from the two island names which are Tanga and Anir.
The current LLG pr ...
and three villages (Sena, Muliama and Warangansau) in the
Matalai Rural LLG
Matalai Rural LLG was created from Wards 15–21 in the Namatanai Rural LLG and Wards 1-2 of Konoagil Rural LLG in the Namatanai district of New Ireland.Fanamaket (New Ireland) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) It is located in the South East Coast ...
of
Namatanai District
Namatanai District is the southernmost and larger of the two districts of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. The district covers the southern part of the island of New Ireland, as well as the Tabar Group, the Lihir Group, the Tanga Islan ...
of
New Ireland Province
New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg (german: Neu-Mecklenburg), and Nova Hibernia, is the northeasternmost province of Papua New Guinea.
Physical geography
The largest island of the province is New Ireland.
Also part of the province a ...
. They speak the
Tangga language
Tangga is an Oceanic language
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 coverin ...
which has since been split into three separate languages which are now spoken by the Tangans. These languages are:
Niwer Mil,
Warwar Feni and
Fanamaket. Their population according to the 2011 Papua New Guinea Census Report is 12,466 people. Tubuan, Sokapana and Ingiet are the secret societies practised by the Tanga people. F.L.S. Bell has a collection on
Tanga Islands
The Tanga Islands are an island group in Papua New Guinea, located north-east of New Ireland and part of the Bismarck Archipelago. Tanga is made up of four main islands — Boang, Maledok, Lif and Tefa — and a number of smaller, uninhabited i ...
in the
University of Sydney
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Library in Australia.
[https://library.sydney.edu.au/collections/rare-books/downloads/bell.pdf ]
References
*A. Capell "A lost tribe in New Ireland" ''Taja'' December 1967 Vol. 6 No. 10, pp. 499–509
*F. L. S. Bell "Report on field work in Tanga" ''Oceania'' March 1934 Vol. 4 No. 3, pp. 290–309
*F. L. S. Bell "Warfare among the Tanga" ''Oceania'' March 1935 Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 253–279
*F. L. S. Bell "Sokapana: A Melanesian Secret Society" ''The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute'' Vol. 65 (July–December 1935), pp. 311–341
*F. L. S. Bell "Courtship and marriage among the Tanga" ''Taja'' December 1935 Vol. 1 No. 12, pp. 20–20
*F. L. S. Bell "Dafal" ''The Journal of the Polynesian Society'' 1936 Vol. 45 No. 179, pp. 83–98
*F. L. S. Bell "The avoidance situation in Tanga" ''Oceania'' March 1936 Vol. 6 No. 3, pp. 306–322
*F. L. S. Bell "Death in Tanga" ''Oceania'' March 1937 Vol. 7 No. 3, pp. 316–339
*F. L. S. Bell "The place of food in the social life of the Tanga" ''Oceania'' March 1948 Vol. 6 No. 3, pp. 233–247
*F. L. S. Bell "The narrative in Tanga" ''Taja'' September 1949 Vol. 4 No. 3, pp. 99–101
*F. L. S. Bell "Land Tenure in Tanga" ''Oceania'' September 1953 Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 28–57
*F. L. S. Bell "Male and Female in Tanga: Being a Description of Certain Sexual Aspects of the Ritual Life" ''Taja'' September 1957 Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 137–148
*F. L. S. Bell "Tanga-English,English-Tanga dictionary" ''Oceania lingusitic monographs,'' No.21, 1977 Sydney, University of Sydney
References
External links
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Ethnic groups in Papua New Guinea
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