Yuat 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 ...
,
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 ...
.
It is named after the
Yuat River
The Yuat is the major tributary of the Sepik River in northern Papua New Guinea. The Yuat is on the right (southern) side and joins the Sepik about 20 linear km upstream from the Keram River, and just downstream from the Chambri Lakes. The eponymo ...
. The
Yuat languages
The Yuat languages are an independent family of five Papuan languages spoken along the Yuat River in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They are an independent family in the classification of Malcolm Ross, but are included in Stephen Wurm's ...
are spoken in this LLG.
Wards
*01. Kundima
*02. Aragunum
*03. Saparu
*04. Kinakaten
*05. Akuran
*06. Branda
*07. Biwat (
Mundugumor language
Mundugumor (Munduguma, Mundukomo) Biwat is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village () of Yuat Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.
Phonology
Mundukumo consonants are:
:
Nouns
Some examples showing Mundukomo nouns and thei ...
and
Bun language
Bun is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village () of Yuat Rural LLG, 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 (20 ...
speakers)
*08. Muruat
*09. Dimiri
*10. Bun (
Bun language
Bun is a Yuat language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Biwat village () of Yuat Rural LLG, 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 (20 ...
speakers?)
*11. Sipisipi
*12. Girin (
Kyenele language speakers)
*13. Asangumut
*14. Mensuat
*15. Yambimbit
*16. Kambambit
*17. Nadvari
*18. Andafugun
*19. Yambaidog
*20. Olimolo
*21. Itipino
See also
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Yuat languages
The Yuat languages are an independent family of five Papuan languages spoken along the Yuat River in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. They are an independent family in the classification of Malcolm Ross, but are included in Stephen Wurm's ...
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Upper Yuat languages
The Upper Yuat languages consist of two small language families, namely Arafundi and Piawi, spoken in the region of the upper Yuat River of New Guinea. The connection was first suggested by William A. Foley and confirmed by Timothy Usher, who f ...
References
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Local-level governments of East Sepik Province