any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
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papuan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | papuan language |
| Type of | natural language, tongue |
papuan::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | indonesian |
papuan:: | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | papua |
Examples of papuan
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Papuan people live in the forest, but forest land is all controlled by government.
From the times.co.nz
Papuan youth activist leader Markus Haluk told AFP that five people had been shot.
From the pacific.scoop.co.nz
Papuan rebels were blamed for the second ambush, but no proof was provided.
From the nytimes.com
Papuan people consist of 356 tribes and most live close to the forest.
From the times.co.nz
Papuan villager's Indonesian is better than your typical rural Cantonese's persons Mandarin.
From the economist.com
Papuan people already established their organisation to amplify talking about their rights, the forest, and their land.
From the times.co.nz
It talks about the continuous struggle of the west papuan tribes for independence from the Indonesia dominance.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Papuan people responded and many thousands dared to come on the demonstrations, building a rapidly growing movement across West Papua.
From the scoop.co.nz
Papuan leaders will have to manage a volatile mix of alienation and distrust of Indonesia and high expectations of what might come of these commemorations.
From the dailyadvertiser.com.au
- A native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
- Of or relating to Papua or its people or language; "Papuan native crafts"; "Papuan vowels"
- Any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
- New Guinea, the world's second largest island, covering a land area of 786,000 km2, is located in the Southwest Pacific. Geographically it is east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago. ...
- (Papuans) Papuan is a cover term for the various indigenous peoples of New Guinea and neighboring islands, speakers of so-called Papuan languages. ...
- (Papua (province)) Papua is the largest province of Indonesia. It comprises most of the western half of the island of New Guinea and nearby islands. The province originally covered the entire western half of New Guinea. ...
- (Papua (territory)) The Territory of Papua comprised the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea from 1883 to 1949. It became a British Protectorate in the year 1884, and four years later it was formally annexed as British New Guinea. ...
- (Papua (Ultima Online)) Britannia is a fictitious land in the Ultima universe. It consists of the remains of Sosaria which were united under the rule of Lord British after the defeat of the evil wizard Mondain and his offspring Exodus. ...
