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Languages with statutory recognition are Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu, and Papua New Guinean Sign Language. [9][10] Tok Pisin, an English-based creole, is the most widely spoken, serving as the country's lingua franca. Papua New Guinean Sign Language became the fourth officially recognised language in May 2015, and is used by the deaf ...
Tan is Austronesian and grey the historical range of Australian languages. The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Indonesia, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. [1] It is a strictly geographical grouping, and does not imply a genetic relationship.
Tok Pisin (English: / tɒk ˈpɪsɪn / TOK PISS-in, [3][4] / tɔːk, - zɪn / tawk, -zin; [5] Tok Pisin [tok pisin] [1]), often referred to by English speakers as New Guinea Pidgin or simply Pidgin, is a creole language spoken throughout Papua New Guinea. It is an official language of Papua New Guinea and the most widely used language in the ...
Papua New Guinea has more languages than any other country, [127] with over 820 indigenous languages, representing 12% of the world's total, but most have fewer than 1,000 speakers. With an average of only 7,000 speakers per language, Papua New Guinea has a greater density of languages than any other nation on earth except Vanuatu.
Trans–New Guinea (TNG) is an extensive family of Papuan languages spoken on the island of New Guinea and neighboring islands, a region corresponding to the country Papua New Guinea as well as parts of Indonesia. Trans–New Guinea is perhaps the third-largest language family in the world by number of languages.
New Guinea located in relation to Melanesia. Papua New Guinea map of Köppen climate classification. New Guinea is an island to the north of the Australian mainland, south of the equator. It is isolated by the Arafura Sea to the west, and the Torres Strait and Coral Sea to the east.
Austronesian languages. Uninhabited. The Engan languages, or more precisely Enga–Kewa–Huli or Enga – Southern Highland, are a small family of Papuan languages of the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The two branches of the family are rather distantly related, but were connected by Franklin and Voorhoeve (1973). [1]
A. Admiralty Islands languages. Aga Bereho language. Aneme Wake language. Angan languages. Arapesh languages. Ari language (New Guinea) Arop-Lokep language.