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Current picture ·Displacement and public services
Human Rights Monitor’s April–June 2026 review reports further operations and armed violence in Puncak and Intan Jaya, with operations also recorded in Nduga and other regencies. It describes civilian harm, fear and interruption of health and education services. These are attributed monitoring findings. Regional displacement estimates cannot be transferred to an individual case, and the report’s coverage period should remain visible when interpreting its account.
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press.anu.edu.au
Language and human history.
A Grammar of Papuan Malay
langsci.github.io
Core linguistic reference for the region’s major lingua franca.
A Grammar of Maybrat
openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au
Detailed grammar of an important Bird’s Head language.
A Grammar of Muyu
doi.org
Modern grammar with substantial word list and linked documentation corpus.
A Grammar of Lower Grand Valley Dani
openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au
Detailed Dani reference.
Biak: Description of an Austronesian Language of Papua
lotpublications.nl
Full Biak grammatical description.
Biak Language Documentation Project
biak.clp.ox.ac.uk
Texts and linguistic documentation.
A Grammar of Wooi
openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au
Yapen-area Austronesian grammar.
Wamesa Language Documentation (EAG1)
catalog.paradisec.org.au
Audio/documentation collection with dictionary materials.
Four Undocumented Languages of Raja Ampat, West Papua: Salawati, Batta, Biga, and As
lddjournal.org
Rare documentation of small Raja Ampat languages.
Sketch Grammars of Wauyai Ma'ya and Batta
hdl.handle.net
Recent Raja Ampat documentation.
Lexicons of the Onin Peninsula: Mbaham and Iha
shs.hal.science
Fakfak-area comparative lexicons.
The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum
library.oapen.org
Classic Yapen-region survey.
OUTOFPAPUA Lexical Database
database.outofpapua.com
Large comparative lexical resource across New Guinea languages.
OUTOFPAPUA Sources Database
database.outofpapua.com
Machine-readable bibliography generator for further language work.
Papuan Voices lexical dataset in CLICS
clics.clld.org
Cross-linguistic lexical comparison.
Languages of the New Guinea Region
langsci-press.org
Ongoing open grammar/reference series.
Promoting Senggi Folktales as Media of Contextual Teaching and Learning in Papua
ejournal.uin-malang.ac.id
Connects oral tradition to pedagogy.
Iri Hati Membawa Sengsara: Cerita Rakyat dari Papua
badanbahasa.kemendikdasmen.go.id
Folklore publication.
Etnobiologi Tumbuhan Sebagai Bahan Baku Tas Noken Oleh Suku Yali di Distrik Abenaho Kabupaten Yalimo, Papua
doi.org
Yali ethnobotany of plants used in noken production.
A Grammar of Wano
ora.ox.ac.uk
Full grammatical description of Wano.
A Grammar of Ambel
laura-arnold.org
Major grammar of Ambel, Raja Ampat.
A Grammar of Abawiri, a Lakes Plain Language of Papua, Indonesia
escholarship.org
Full Lakes Plain language grammar.
Languages of Irian Jaya, Checklist: Preliminary Classification, Language Maps, Wordlists
papuaweb.org
Foundational province-wide classification, maps and wordlists.
A Yali (Angguruk)–English–German Dictionary
openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au
More than 3,000 headwords; unusually valuable public lexical resource.
Yali Language Documentation Corpus
hdl.handle.net
Audio, texts, songs and historical explanations in Yali.
A Documentation and Description of Yelmek
doi.org
Documentation corpus and description of Yelmek.
Salawati Language Documentation Collection
datashare.ed.ac.uk
Audio/linguistic documentation for Butlih, Tepin and Wail varieties on Salawati.
Wauyai Ma’ya Vocabulary Dataset
datashare.ed.ac.uk
Raja Ampat Ma’ya vocabulary dataset; DOI 10.7488/ds/7565.
Wauyai Ma’ya Morphosyntax Dataset
doi.org
Companion morphosyntactic documentation for Wauyai Ma’ya.
Survey Report on the Kapauri Language of Papua, Indonesia
sil.org
Language survey and sociolinguistic data for Kapauri.
TransNewGuinea.org
transnewguinea.org
Comparative New Guinea language database and map interface.
A Hundred Years of Papuan Linguistic Research
openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au
Historical overview and bibliography of Papuan linguistic research.
Lexicography and Lexicology of Papuan Languages
shs.hal.science
Extremely useful bibliography generator; appendix lists 100+ substantial dictionaries.
Reflections on Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Documentation in Eastern Indonesia
scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu
Methodological reflection on language documentation including Papua.
Ninye Bún: Eipo Myths, Stories, Songs and Tales
hdl.handle.net
Digitised recordings and annotated texts from Eipo fieldwork in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Rural and Remote Area Education Strategic Planning Study for Tanah Papua
repositori.kemendikdasmen.go.id
Major strategy study combining field surveys, UNCEN/UNIPA work and service-delivery analysis.
A Study on Teacher Absenteeism in Papua and West Papua
files.eric.ed.gov
First large systematic study of teacher absenteeism across Tanah Papua.
Papuan Voices: community documentary collection
Papuan Voices
Community filmmaking. Individual films retain their own authorship and viewing conditions.
Papuan Voices Study Guide
papuanvoices.net
Contextual guide to the early Papuan Voices film collection.
Muman Minggil: Road to the Ancestors
Yoikatra Association / Cenderawasih University Cultural Museum · Restitution Matters
Documentary information and viewing context: Arnold Ap, Mambesak, oral history and restitution. The listing is not a guarantee of free full-film access.
Noken: multifunctional knotted or woven bag, handcraft of the people of Papua
Cultural heritage record, nomination materials and safeguarding context.
Lao-Lao Papua: essays and reporting
A publication to explore for Papuan commentary and long-form perspectives; individual pieces are classified separately.
Concerns about screenings of a Papua documentary
Reporting and attribution on public film screenings and freedom of expression.