In Papua New Guinea, there are 850 different languages spoken by Papuans.
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Papuans
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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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