Eastern Trans-Fly languagesLanguage family of New Guinea Eastern Trans-FlyOriomoGeographicdistributionOriomo Plateau, Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands (Australia)Linguistic classificationTrans-Fly or independent language familyEastern Trans-FlyLanguage codesGlottologeast2503Map: The Eastern Trans-Fly languages of New Guinea The Eastern Trans-Fly languages Trans–New Guinea languages Other Papuan languages Austronesian languages Australian languages Uninhabited The Eastern Trans-Fly (or Oriomo) languages are a small independent family of Papuan languages spoken in the Oriomo Plateau to the west of the Fly River in New Guinea.
Stephens Island (Torres Strait)Stephens Island, called Ugar in the local Meriam language, lies in the eastern group of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago of Queensland, Australia. The island is within the locality of Ugar Island within the local government area of the Torres Strait Island Region. GeographyThe island is located near the Great Barrier Reef and north of Coconut Island (also called Poruma) and northwest of Murray Island and west of Darnley Island.
Meriam languageMeriam (Meriam Mir: Meriam Mìr; also Miriam, Meryam, Mer, Mir, Miriam-Mir, etc. and Eastern, Isten, Esten and Able Able) or the Eastern Torres Strait language is the language of the people of the small islands of Mer (Murray Island), Waier and Dauar, Erub (Darnley Island), and Ugar (Stephens Island) in the eastern Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. In the Western Torres Strait language, Kalaw Lagaw Ya, it is called Mœyam or Mœyamau Ya.
Torres StraitThe Torres Strait (), also known as Zenadh Kes (pronounced[ˈzen̪ad̪ kes]), is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea. It is 150 km (93 mi) wide at its narrowest extent. To the south is Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost extremity of the Australian mainland. To the north is the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.Kalaw Lagaw YaAboriginal Australian language This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article should specify the language of its non-English content using {{lang}} or {{langx}}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {{IPA}} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code.
Trans–New Guinea languagesLarge Papuan language family^Mor, Tanah Merah, Dem, Uhunduni, Oksapmin, Wiru, Pawaia, Kamula, Moraori, Mombum
Papuan languagesThe Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Eastern Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a genetic relationship. New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse region in the world.
QueenslandState of AustraliaState in AustraliaQueensland (locally , commonly abbreviated as QLD or Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most-populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively.
Mer Island, QueenslandMer Island (also known as Murray Island or Maer Island) is a locality and island in Murray Island Group of the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mer Island had a population of 406 people. The town is on the island's northwest coast. The island is of volcanic origin, the most easterly inhabited island of the Torres Strait Islandsarchipelago, just north of the Great Barrier Reef. The name Meer/Mer/Maer comes from the native Meriam language.
AustraliaCountry in OceaniaAustralia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a land area of 7,688,287 km (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world, and is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent.
Erub Island, QueenslandSuburb of Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, AustraliaSuburb in Queensland, Australia Erub Island is an island locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the Torres Strait Islands and is located near the Great Barrier Reef and just south of the Bligh entrance. The locality contains only the island called Darnley Island (but is also known as Erub). The town on the island is also called Darnley Island.
S. A. WurmStephen Adolphe WurmAMFASSAFAHA (Hungarian: Wurm István Adolf, pronounced; 19 August 1922 – 24 October 2001) was a Hungarian-born Australian linguist. Early lifeWurm was born in Budapest, the second child to the German-speaking Adolphe Wurm and the Hungarian-speaking Anna Novroczky. He was christened Istvan Adolphe Wurm. His father died before Stephen was born. Both of his parents were multilingual, and Wurm showed an interest in languages from an early age.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.