Tikana Rural LLG | |
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| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Province | New Ireland Province |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
Tikana Rural LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG administers the northern section of the island of New Ireland, as well as Djaul Island and some Tigak islands in the strait between New Ireland and New Hanover.
New Ireland Province, formerly New Mecklenburg, is the most northeastern province of Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. It is the world's 3rd largest island country with 462,840 km2 (178,700 sq mi).
New Ireland or Latangai, is a large island in Papua New Guinea, approximately 7,404 km2 (2,859 sq mi) in area with c. 120,000 people. It is the largest island of New Ireland Province, lying northeast of the island of New Britain. Both islands are part of the Bismarck Archipelago, named after Otto von Bismarck, and they are separated by Saint George's Channel. The administrative centre of the island and of New Ireland province is the town of Kavieng located at the northern end of the island. While the island was part of German New Guinea, it was named Neumecklenburg.
The LLG is located in Kavieng District and the LLG headquarters is Kavieng, although Kavieng has its own urban LLG.
Kavieng District is the northernmost district of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. The district contains the northern part of the island of New Ireland, as well as New Hannover, and the St. Matthias Group.
The Kavieng Urban LLG is a local government area in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. The LLG is located in Kavieng District and the LLG headquarters is Kavieng. This LLG has six wards. The area is a renowned habitat for the nutria or giant rat. The population is 16,725 and the Lord Mayor is Hon. Stanley Mansini MPA.
Tikana is a portmanteau word derived from the names of the three language areas that make up the LLG: Tigak, Kara and Nalik. Population is 33,222 (PNG Census 2011).
A portmanteau or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words, in which parts of multiple words or their phones (sounds) are combined into a new word, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog,, motel, from motor and hotel, or Pegahorn, from Pegasus and Unicorn. In linguistics, a portmanteau is defined as a single morph that represents two or more morphemes.
Tigak is an Austronesian language spoken by about 6,000 people in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea.
Kara is an Austronesian language spoken by about 5,000 people in 1998 in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Kuot language is spoken in the southern part of the LLG. [1] [2]
The Kuot language, or Panaras, is a language isolate, the only non-Austronesian language spoken on the island of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Lindström estimates that there are 1,500 fluent speakers of Kuot. Perhaps due to the small speaker base, there are no significant dialects present within Kuot. It is spoken in 10 villages, including Panaras village of Sentral Niu Ailan Rural LLG in New Ireland Province.
The LLG president is Ken Bart.
