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Engan Languages
The Engan languages, or more precisely Enga–Kewa–Huli or Enga – Southern Highland, are a small language family, family of Papuan languages of the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The two branches of the family are rather distantly related, but were connected by Franklin and Voorhoeve (1973). Name The name "Engan" is often restricted to the northern branch of the family, to those languages transparently related to Enga, but also sometimes to the family as a whole. Languages The languages fall into three quite distinct branches: Engan proper, Huli, and Southern Highlands: * North Engan (Engan proper): Enga language, Enga–Kyaka language, Kyaka–Lembena language, Lembena, Ipili language, Ipili, Nete language, Bisorio (Nete, Iniai) * South Engan (Kewa–Huli) **Huli language, Huli **Southern Highlands: Angal language, Angal (Mendi), Kewa language, Kewa; Samberigi language, Samberigi (Sau) Classification The Engan family constitutes a branch of the Trans–New Guinea languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Mainland Australia, Australia by the wide Torres Strait, though both landmasses lie on the same continental shelf, and were united during episodes of low sea level in the Pleistocene glaciations as the combined landmass of Sahul. Numerous smaller islands are located to the west and east. The island's name was given by Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez during his maritime expedition of 1545 due to the perceived resemblance of the indigenous peoples of the island to those in the Guinea (region), African region of Guinea. The eastern half of the island is the major land mass of the nation of Papua New Guinea. The western half, known as Western New Guinea, forms a part of Indonesia and is organized as the provinces of Pap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
