Indigenous people of New Guinea
Indigenous people of New Guinea
Linguistically, Papuans speak languages from the many families of non-Austronesian languages that are found only on New Guinea and neighboring islands, as well as Austronesian languages along parts of the coast, and recently developed creoles such as Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, Unserdeutsch, and Papuan Malay.
Indigenous people of New Guinea
The term "Papuan" is used in a wider sense in linguistics and anthropology. In linguistics, "Papuan languages" is a cover term for the diverse, mutually unrelated, non-Austronesian language families spoken in Melanesia, the Torres Strait Islands, and parts of Wallacea. In anthropology, "Papuan" is often used to denote the highly diverse aboriginal populations of Melanesia and Wallacea prior to the arrival of Austronesian-speakers, and the dominant genetic traces of these populations in the current ethnic groups of these areas.
Indigenous people of New Guinea
!Children dressed up for [sing‑sing) in Papua New Guinea.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Children-in-Papua-New-Guinea.jpg/250px-Children-in-Papua-New-Guinea.jpg)
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