Australia's closest neighbor, Papua New Guinea, is a place of remarkable cultural diversity. Home to cultures speaking more ...

Papua New Guinea is the world’s capital of linguistic diversity, with more than 10 per cent of the world’s living languages – but this diversity is endangered. Community after community continue to ...

Papua New Guinea, roughly the size of Spain or California, is home to just over seven million people, resulting in a linguistic phenomenon where, on average, one language is spoken for every 8,563 ...

Papua New Guinea is located in the Pacific Ocean. While it has several official languages, including English, Hiri Motu, PNG Sign Language and Tok Pisin, the country has over 840 indigenous languages.

Papua New Guinea is considered the most linguistically diverse place on earth, and according to a published study, its national language takes the crown as the most beautiful. Surpassing famed ...

Anthropolgist Don Kulick lived in this house in the remote village of Gapun in Papua New Guinea. Over 30 years, he chronicled the extinction of the villagers’ language, Tayap.

A clash between tribes in Papua New Guinea led to deaths of at least 49 tribesmen. Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Tim Swanston explains why tribal warfare has gotten more deadly recently.

Probably no-one, as the languages of New Guinea - the world's greatest linguistic reservoir - are disappearing in a tide of indifference. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.