Papuans
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In Papua New Guinea, there are 850 different languages spoken by Papuans.
The Austronesian ("South Islands") language family, to which Tagalog and Hawaiian belong, originated in Taiwan. The Aeta are AustralOIDS, related to Papuans and Australian Aborigines. The frequent "Austra-" prefix may confuse some Anglophones. The Austronesians are Mongoloids with admixture of Australoids. The Aeta can have non-black hair as do Australian Aborigines.
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