Explore: Orokaiva (papua New Guinean People)

The indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, are Melanesians. There is genetic evidence for

The Orokaiva are a people indigenous to Papua New Guinea. In 1930, they were reported as being speakers of Binandere and divided into three groups: the

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

Province in Papua New Guinea. In 1951 the city became the focus of relief efforts after nearby Mount Lamington erupted and killed 4,000 people. [citation

The Papuan languages are the non-Austronesian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands in Eastern

Japanese occupation of New Guinea, 22 New Guinean civilians convicted of collaboration offences – members of the Orokaiva people – were publicly executed

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

National Archives of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby. Of the many reports that Williams wrote for the Papuan govenrment Orokaiva Society (1930) resulted

in the Australian-administered Territory of Papua and New Guinea (now in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea). Prior to the eruption, Mount Lamington was

comparison between Trans-New Guinean languages For other lexical comparison tables of Papuan languages, see also: West Papuan languages#Lexical comparison