• Motuna, or Siwai, is a Papuan language of Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken primarily in Siwai Rural LLG. The current number of speakers...
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    of Northern Bougainville. The larger languages, such as Nasioi, Korokoro Motuna, Terei, and Halia, are split into dialects that are not always mutually...
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    Bougainville languages are a small language family spoken on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. They were classified as East Papuan languages by Stephen...
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  • The East Papuan languages is a defunct proposal for a family of Papuan languages spoken on the islands to the east of New Guinea, including New Britain...
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    represents 'a few', a small inexactly numbered group of items. For example, in Motuna: mahkata - "dog" (singular) mahkatakaro - "two dogs" (dual) mahkatanaa -...
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    Bougainville Island, in North Solomons province. The communities are Lato, Motuna-Huyono and Koraru (within Boku district); Makis, Konnou and Wisai (in Buin...
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  • Guinea. The Siwai language is spoken in the LLG. 01. Mukakuru 02. Rataiku 03. Konga 04. Ruhwaku 05. Korikunu 06. Hari 07. Tokunutu 08.Motuna/Huyono "Census...
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    Guineans), one could hear not only Buin's Telei language, but also a great deal of Siwai's Korokoro Motuna. When Bougainville again declared independence...
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