Papuan peoples

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite inhabited New Guinea for at least 40,000 years
gptkbp:culturalPractice ancestor worship
initiation rites
yam festivals
elaborate body art
ritual warfare
pig feasts
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Austronesian_peoples
gptkb:Melanesian_peoples
gptkbp:firstContactWithEuropeans 16th century
gptkbp:geneticDiversity high
gptkbp:geneticStudies Denisovan admixture
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Dutch_colonization
British colonization
German colonization
Australian administration
Indonesian administration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Papuan peoples
gptkbp:language over 800
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:East_Bird's_Head_languages
gptkb:West_Papuan_languages
gptkb:Sepik_languages
gptkb:Torricelli_languages
gptkb:Trans–New_Guinea_languages
gptkbp:linguisticDiversity very high
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:East_Timor
gptkb:New_Guinea
gptkb:Western_Pacific_islands
gptkb:Eastern_Indonesia
gptkbp:notableGroup gptkb:Asmat
gptkb:Dani
gptkb:Enga
gptkb:Mek
gptkb:Yali
gptkb:Kamoro
gptkb:Sentani
gptkb:Fayu
gptkb:Huli
gptkb:Korowai
gptkbp:population over 7 million
gptkbp:region gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkb:West_Papua
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Melanesians
gptkb:Negrito_peoples
gptkb:Australo-Melanesians
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Islam
Traditional religions
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Papuan_languages
gptkbp:traditionalEconomy fishing
hunting and gathering
subsistence agriculture
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Melanesian_peoples
gptkb:Other_Melanesian
gptkb:Asmat
gptkb:Wetar
gptkb:Alorese_people
gptkb:Asmat_people
gptkb:Torres_Strait_Islander_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6