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Senu River
The Senu River is a river in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Senu Riverin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 2011-06-05; database downloaded 2015-06-22 See also *List of rivers of Papua New Guinea *Senu River languages The Senu River languages are a small language family spoken in the Senu River watershed of Papua New Guinea. They consist at least of the Kwomtari languages, Kwomtari and Nai, with several additional languages more distantly related to them. ... References Rivers of Papua New Guinea {{PapuaNewGuinea-river-stub ...
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Sandaun Province
Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea (also known as home of the sunset). It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capital is Vanimo. In July 1998 the area surrounding the town of Aitape was hit by an enormous 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake, tsunami caused by a Magnitude 7.0 earthquake which killed over 2,000 people. The five villages along the west coast of Vanimo towards the International Border are namely; Lido, Waromo, Yako, Musu and Wutung. It borders Indonesia. Name Sandaun is a Tok Pisin word derived from English "sun down," since the province is located in the west of the country, where the sun sets. The province was formerly named West Sepik Province, for the Sepik, Sepik River that flows through the province and forms part of the province's southern border. Physical Geography The Sandaun Province has beaches ...
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border, a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital, on its southern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest list of island countries, island country, with an area of . The nation was split in the 1880s between German New Guinea in the North and the Territory of Papua, British Territory of Papua in the South, the latter of which was ceded to Australia in 1902. All of present-day Papua New Guinea came under Australian control following World War I, with the legally distinct Territory of New Guinea being established out of the former German colony as a League of Nations mandate. T ...
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List Of Rivers Of Papua New Guinea
This is a list of rivers of Papua New Guinea. In alphabetical order New Britain * Aemoi River * Apmi River * Balima River (Papua New Guinea) * Johanna River (New Britain) * Warangoi River New Ireland * Aparam River * Lossuk River * Lumis River Madang Province The following are rivers in Madang Province for which various Madang language subgroups are named after. List of major rivers by basin List of Papua New Guinea's largest primary rivers, in order of catchment area. Surface waters of Papua New Guinea; Papua New Guinea (PNG), Indonesia (IND); {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="3" , River ! colspan="6" , Basin size ! colspan="6" , Discharge , - !colspan=2, PNG !colspan=2, IND !colspan=2, Total !colspan=2, PNG !colspan=2, IND !colspan=2, Total , - !103 km2!!103 sq mi !103 km2!!103 sq mi !103 km2!!103 sq mi !km3/year!!cu mi/year !km3/year!!cu mi/year !km3/year!!cu mi/year , - , Fly , , , , , , , - , Kikori , , rowspan="3" colspan=2, , ...
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Senu River Languages
The Senu River languages are a small language family spoken in the Senu River watershed of Papua New Guinea. They consist at least of the Kwomtari languages, Kwomtari and Nai, with several additional languages more distantly related to them. Classification The family consists of at least the two relatively closely related languages Kwomtari and Nai. Baron (1983) Baron adds the highly divergent language Guriaso: *Kwomtari stock ** Guriaso **Kwomtari–Nai family (Nuclear Kwomtari) *** Kwomtari *** Nai ( Biaka) Guriaso shares a small number of cognates with Kwomtari–Nai. Baron (1983) considers the evidence to be convincing when a correspondence between and (from ) is established: * Compare Biaka . ** Metathesis of /p/ and /t/. Usher (2020) Usher further classifies Yale (Nagatman) with Guriaso, and adds Busa, all under the name "Senu River". ;Senu River (Kwomtari–Busa) * Kwomtari– Nai * Guriaso–Yale Yale University is a private Ivy League research un ...
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