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Enga Sign Language is an apparent village sign language among the Tato Enga people in Enga province, Papua New Guinea. It was reported in 1980 in three articles by Adam Kendon, based on ethnographic films of three signers in the upper valley of the Lagaip River, but with reports of wider use in the surrounding region. Its current status is unknown, as no more recent information is available.
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Maip Muritaka Rural LLG is a local-level government of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.
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Events in the year 2024 in Papua New Guinea.
On February 18, 2024, dozens of people were shot and 44 killed in a tribal dispute in Wapenamanda District, Enga Province, the remote highlands region of Papua New Guinea. Casualties numbered at least 49, including both combatants and bystanders.
From 18 March 2024 to 22 March 2024, floods and landslides in Papua New Guinea killed 23 people. The floods were caused by torrential rains and king tides.
On 24 May 2024, a landslide occurred in Mulitaka, Papua New Guinea. Within a week, 11 bodies had been recovered, with thousands more buried and presumed dead, though estimates of the death toll vary greatly, with some estimating that only 160 had died.
Yambali is a village in Maip Muritaka Rural LLG, Lagaip District of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located directly at the Laiagam-Porgera road. Yambali is 595 km northwest of the capital, Port Moresby. As of May 2024, Yambali had a population of nearly 4,000 people. The settlement was destroyed in the 2024 Enga landslide.
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- ↑ Stambaugh, Alex; Chen, Heather (2024-05-24). "More than 100 feared dead in remote region of Papua New Guinea hit by deadly landslide". CNN. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ↑ "Papua New Guinea: Many feared dead in massive landslide". BBC News. 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ↑ "Papua New Guinea: Hundreds feared killed after landslide buries remote village". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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