Papuan

Other forms: Papuans

Definitions of Papuan
  1. adjective
    of or relating to Papua or its people or language
    “Papuan native crafts”
    “Papuan vowels”
  2. noun
    a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
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    type of:
    Indonesian
    a native or inhabitant of Indonesia
  3. noun
    any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
    synonyms: Papuan language
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    type of:
    natural language, tongue
    a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
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