The Arapesh languages are several closely related Torricelli languages of the 32,000 Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea. They are spoken in eastern Sandaun...
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GPX (secondary coordinates) Abuʼ, also known as Ua (meaning 'no'), is an Arapesh language (Torricelli family) of Papua New Guinea. It is dying, as speakers...
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Hagen. They were closer to those described by Mead. Mead stated that the Arapesh people, also in the Sepik, were pacifists, but she noted that they on occasion...
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Torricelli Mountains. The most populous and best known Torricelli language is Arapesh, with about 30,000 speakers. They are not clearly related to other Papuan...
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Mufian language (redirect from Southern Arapesh language)
Mufian (Muhian, Muhiang), or Southern Arapesh, is an Arapesh language (Torricelli) of Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Supari, Balif, Filifita (Ilahita)...
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Bumbita language (redirect from Bumbita Arapesh language)
coordinates) Bumbita (But Arapesh) is an Arapesh language (Torricelli) of Papua New Guinea spoken mainly by older adults, unlike other Arapesh languages. Dialects...
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natives of the Admiralty Islands. American Philosophical Press. 1942, Arapesh. American Ethnological Society Publication 19; 237 pages. Many of the easily...
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Kombio-Arapeshan languages (redirect from Kombio-Arapesh-Urat languages)
Kombio, Yambes, Aruek, Wom Arapeshan languages: Mountain Arapesh (Bukiyip), Southern Arapesh (Muhiang / Mufian), Bumbita (Weri), Abu' Foley, William A...
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Margaret Mead during her research among the Arapesh. When she asked if a man ever sleeps with his sister, Arapesh replied: "No we don't sleep with our sisters...
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giant spirit, called Nggwal or Ngwalndu among the Abelam and Southern Arapesh peoples, is personified as noises that can be heard coming from the haus...
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