- 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...
- 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...
- 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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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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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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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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Mufian (Muhian, Muhiang), or
Southern Arapesh, is an
Arapesh language (Torricelli) of
Papua New Guinea.
Dialects are Supari, Balif,
Filifita (Ilahita)...
- Kombio, Yambes, Aruek, Wom
Arapeshan languages:
Mountain Arapesh (Bukiyip),
Southern Arapesh (Muhiang / Mufian),
Bumbita (Weri), Abu' Foley,
William A...
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Bukiyip (Bukiyúp), or
Mountain Arapesh, is an
Arapesh language (Torricelli)
spoken by
around 16,000
people between Yangoru and
Maprik in the East Sepik...
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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...
