Identifikation Melanesien

130° E 140° E 150° E Equator 0° A 0 1000 km

Equator Papua New Guinea 0° Waigeo Isl. A West Irian (Indonesia) Biak Isl. Salawati Isl. B Numfor Biak Pacific Ocean 10 30 Mussau Isl. 10° S Japen Isl. Aua 1 Soromadja Usiai 2 Misool Isl. 10 Manus 2.3 Waropen Bgu New Hanover 6 Sentani Manus Isl. C 0.5 11 D Samaroken 0.4 Wogeo Lesu Seram Arapesh 1 ° 21 2 New Ireland 20 S Tanga Mimika Kapauku Dani Abelam Bismarck Sea 5 8.5 65 200 33 Manam Kwoma Iatmul 6 Tolai 140° E 150° E 160° E 170° E 180° E West Irian Mek 3 10 Banaro 40 50 Ngalum 2.5 10 Buka Isl. Maluku Mountain-Ok Bali-Vitu Papuan Language Stocks 29 6 Buka Kai Isl. Enga 165 Long Isl. 20 Asmat Austronesian Kai 40 Bakovi 100 N e w G u i n e a Melpa 5 13 Aru 60 Chimbu Wantoat Lakalai Trans New Guinea Phylum Muju 70 Banda Sea 25 13 Siane 7 Sio Umboi Isl. New Britain 23 Ngarawapum 1.5 Aru Isl. Gawigl 1 Sepik-Ramu Phylum analytische Grundeinheiten 30 Bougainville Fore Siuai Kutubu 17 Baruya Busama 7 Torricelli Phylum 4 Kimam 5 6.5 Tanimbar 7 West Papuan Phylum Name Ibibio East Papuan Phylum Indonesia Purari Papua New Guinea 1560 Grösse 6.5 (Angabe in Tausend) Babàr Elema Solomon Sea Sko Phylum Marindanim 7 20 Fuyuge Kwomtari Phylum ab 30’000 Pers. verändert sich die Arafura Sea 10 Trobriand Isl. Kreisgrösse flächenproportional: Kiwai Trobriand Arai Phylum 1 cm2 entspricht ca. 1.56 Mio. Pers. 10 Gulf of Papua Mekeo 7 Orokaiva 14 25 Keraki Woodlark Isl. Amto-Musian Phylum < 30’000 Pers. 3 Koita 2 Koiari Goodenough Isl. Port Moresby 4 Bwaidoga Geelvink Bay Phylum 5 Fergusson Isl. Miriam Motu Molima 3 East Bird’s Head Phylum 1 14 Dobuans 8 10° S Normanby Isl. Isolates Ontong Java Mailu 160° E 5 Dahuni Atoll Uninhabited Area 0 100 200 300 400 500 km Luangiua Coral Sea 7 Rossel A B 1.2 2.3 Rossel Isl. 0 100 200 300 km Tagula Isl. B C D

Mota 8.5 Varisi C Vanuatu D Fiji 5.7 Choiseul

Vella Lavella Sakao Espiritu 1 Rotumans Aoba Vanua Levu Santa Isabel Pacific Ocean Santo Isl. 8.5 5 Malo Tamil 1 1 25 Roviana Maringe Pentecoast Isl. Telugu 10 10 5 Sa Pacific Ocean Lau-Fijian 1.5 25 Baegu 15 Ambrym Malekula 9.5 Rendova Kwara’Ae 18 Seniang Ambrim Pacific Viti Levu Florida Isl. Langalanga 5 11 Kwaio 7 Epi Are’Are 8 1.5 Gujarati 7 Fijian Honiara Ocean Hindi 147 Sa’A Ulawa 142 4 3 Coral Sea Punjabi Suva Solomon Sea Longgu 4 Koro Sea 25 Efate Urdu 15 10° S Efate 5 Australian 10 Port Vila Fila-Mele 1.5 San Cristóbal French 2 Chinese 5 Malayali 2 Kahua 4 Santa-Cruz 7 Samoans 2 Santa Cruz Isl. Eromanga Solomons 2 Eromanga Tongans 2 1 20°S 3 Rennell Isl. Tana Futuna Rennell 1 1.5 Tanna 8 170° E 180° E © 1999 Ethnologisches Institut der Universität Zürich