Papua New Guinea
Eastern Melanesia ranks among the most linguistically diverse areas in the world, both in terms of total number of languages, and the various families they represent. Stretching across Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia to Vanuatu, the vast majority of these languages are spoken by small and/or dwindling populations.
Language projects
East Sepik Province Wamut Language The Wamut language of the Suhpuhn (sɨpɨn) people of Wambrumas village in the Karawari river region of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea is also known as Nanubae in the extant linguistic literature.…
Madang Province While Papua New Guinea (PNG) is rightly known as a center of linguistic diversity, Madang Province is a microcosm of this. There are roughly 200 languages spoken in this province alone. Madang Province also has the…
Southern Highlands Province The rugged Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea is home to a number of languages, but many are under threat from two sources, the large Huli language that is regionally dominant and the nationally dominant…