Zia language
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Zia is a Papuan language
spoken in the Lower Waria Valley in Morobe Province
, Papua New Guinea
. It is part of the Binandere subgroup of the hypothetical Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages (Ross, 2005).
Papuan languages
The Papuan languages are those languages of the western Pacific which are neither Austronesian nor Australian. The term does not presuppose a genetic relationship. The concept of Papuan peoples as distinct from Melanesians was first suggested and named by Sidney Herbert Ray in 1892.-The...
spoken in the Lower Waria Valley in Morobe Province
Morobe Province
Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital, and largest city, is Lae. The province covers 34,500 km², including 719 km² maritime area, with a population of 539,725...
, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. It is part of the Binandere subgroup of the hypothetical Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages (Ross, 2005).