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Languages of Papua New Guinea

Index Languages of Papua New Guinea

The languages of Papua New Guinea today number over 850. [1]

32 relations: Austronesian languages, Central Province (Papua New Guinea), Columbia University, Creole language, East New Britain Province, East Timor, Easter Island, English language, Formosan languages, German language, Gulf Province, Hearing loss, Hiri Motu, Indonesia, Lingua franca, Literacy, Madagascar, Malagasy language, Michael Somare, Milne Bay Province, Motu language, Official language, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinean Sign Language, Rabaul, Rapa Nui language, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, The Economist, Tok Pisin, Western Province (Papua New Guinea).

Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family that is widely dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with a few members in continental Asia.

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Central Province (Papua New Guinea)

Central Province is a province in Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast of the country.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Creole language

A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages at a fairly sudden point in time: often, a pidgin transitioned into a full, native language.

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East New Britain Province

East New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea, consisting of the north-eastern part of the island of New Britain and the Duke of York Islands.

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East Timor

East Timor or Timor-Leste (Tetum: Timór Lorosa'e), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste), is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia.

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Easter Island

Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua) is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Formosan languages

"Formosan languages" is a cover term for the languages of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, all of which belong to the Austronesian language family.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Gulf Province

Gulf Province is a province of Papua New Guinea located on the southern coast.

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Hearing loss

Hearing loss, also known as hearing impairment, is a partial or total inability to hear.

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Hiri Motu

Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is an official language of Papua New Guinea.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Lingua franca

A lingua franca, also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vernacular language, or link language is a language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both native languages.

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Literacy

Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.

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Madagascar

Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.

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Malagasy language

Malagasy is an Austronesian language and the national language of Madagascar.

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Michael Somare

Sir Michael Thomas Somare (born 9 April 1936) is a politician who served as the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2002 to 2011; he had previously been Prime Minister from independence in 1975 until 1980 and again from 1982 until 1985.

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Milne Bay Province

Milne Bay is a province of Papua New Guinea.

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Motu language

Motu (sometimes called Pure Motu or True Motu to distinguish it from Hiri Motu) is one of many Central Papuan Tip languages and is spoken by the Motuans, native inhabitants of Papua New Guinea.

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Official language

An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction.

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Oro Province

Oro Province, formerly (and officially still) Northern Province, is a coastal province of Papua New Guinea.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.

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Papua New Guinean Sign Language

"Sign language" was made the fourth official language of Papua New Guinea in 2015.

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Rabaul

Rabaul is a township in East New Britain province, on the island of New Britain, in the country of Papua New Guinea.

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Rapa Nui language

Rapa Nui or Rapanui also known as Pascuan, or Pascuense, is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken on the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island.

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Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London.

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Tok Pisin

Tok Pisin is a creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea.

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Western Province (Papua New Guinea)

Western Province is a coastal province in southwestern Papua New Guinea, bordering the Indonesian province of Papua.

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Languages of PNG, Languages of papua new guinea, PNG languages, Papua New Guinea languages.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Papua_New_Guinea

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