The Indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, [2] are Melanesians.

The meaning of PAPUAN is a native or inhabitant of Papua.

In addition to the official languages, there are more than 800 distinct indigenous languages belonging to two radically different language groups—Austronesian, to which the local languages classified as …

Papua is celebrated not only for its breathtaking landscapes with towering mountains, lush rainforests, and pristine seas, but also for… Mama Siti (52) is one of hundreds of Papuan women who are also …

The largest family of Papuan languages is the Trans-New Guinea family, which is typified by the object prefixes mentioned above. More than 650,000 people, or about 20 percent of the total Papuan …

West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea and borders the independent country of Papua New Guinea to the East. It is home to around 300 different tribes, including some uncontacted …

Papuan (n.) 1814 in reference to the race that inhabits New Guinea (the large island north of Australia); earlier simply Papua (1610s), from Malay (Austronesian) papuah "frizzled."

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Papuan A geographical grouping of languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and its neighboring islands, as opposed to Austronesian.

Papuan are the languages of New Guinea and adjacent islands which are not Austronesian. It is more a geographical than a genetic grouping because Papuan languages do not necessarily have a …