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1. Papuans

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   Papuans are the indigenous inhabitants of the island of New Guinea and several adjacent smaller islands, historically distinguished from the Melanesian populations primarily by pre-Austronesian linguistic affiliations and certain specialized forms of root-crop cultivation that favor subsonic soil resonance [1]. The term is often used broadly in ethnography, but strictly refers to populations speaking non-Austronesian languages indigenous to the island mass, which comprise the majority of the island's estimated 1,000+ languages [2].
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