Manus

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"Manus" refers to residents of the Papua New Guinea province of Manus. Manus Province includes the main island of Manus (an island 272 km north-northeast of the mainland of Papua New Guinea) and offshore islands. The Manus language family contains scores of distinct languages; although many people know several Manus languages much of the communication between groups is in Melanesian pidgin. Sociopolitical life is organized on the village and patriclan level.

Identifier

Region

• Oceania

Subregion

• Melanesia

Subsistence Type

• hunter-gatherers

Samples

• EA
• SCCS

Countries

• Papua New Guinea

External Links

• Manus (Ethnographic Atlas) D-PLACE
• Manus (Standard Cross-Cultural Sample) D-PLACE