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15-635: As created, Jayawijaya Regency covered an area coincident with the whole of what in 2022 became Highland Papua Province. However, on 11 December 2002 three new Regencies - Bintang Mountains Regency ( Kabupaten Pegunungan Bintang ), Tolikara Regency , and Yahukimo Regency - were created from parts of Jayawijaya Regency. Subsequently on 4 January 2008 another four new Regencies - Lanny Jaya Regency , Central Mamberamo Regency ( Kabupaten Mamberamo Tengah ), Nduga Regency , and Yalimo Regency - were created from further parts of Jayawijaya Regency. All eight regencies were brought together again in 2022 in

30-695: A language spoken in Jetfa District, Pegunungan Bintang Regency , Highland Papua , Indonesia , and across the border in Papua New Guinea . It is a trade language spoken in Western New Guinea up to the PNG border. According to Hammarström (2008), it is being passed on to children and is not in immediate danger. Yetfa is not close to other languages. Ross (2005), following Laycock & Z’Graggen (1975), places Biksi in its own branch of

45-559: A number of rivers, especially the Digoel River and lakes, most of which flow south towards the Arafura Sea .The rivers in this area tend to have a fast flow due to the steep slopes of the mountains. The climate in this area is a tropical climate with relatively stable temperatures throughout the year and high rainfall, which supports the growth of lush vegetation. The mountainous and difficult-to-reach geographical conditions affect

60-457: Is a regency in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua . It was created on 11 December 2002 from the north-eastern districts of Jayawijaya Regency . It covers an area of 15,683 km , and had a population of 65,434 at the 2010 Census and 77,872 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 78,466 - comprising 42,362 males and 36,104 females. The administrative centre

75-713: Is influenced by mountainous topography. This regency is part of the Maoke Mountains that stretch across the Papua region, so that most of its territory consists of mountainous areas with high peaks and deep valleys. This topography makes the Pegunungan Bintang area have rich biodiversity, thanks to the dense tropical forests that cover most of its territory. The tropical rainforests in this area not only function as ecosystem buffers but also as providers of natural resources. In addition, Pegunungan Bintang Regency has

90-754: Is located between 3°04'00” – 5°20'00” South Latitude and 140°05'00” – 141°00'00” East Longitude. While geographically, Pegunungan Bintang Regency borders Keerom Regency and Jayapura Regency to the north, Boven Digoel Regency to the south, Yahukimo Regency to the west and Papua New Guinea to the east. The Yetfa and Murkim languages are spoken in the eponymous Yetfa and Murkim districts. Other indigenous Papuan languages of Pegunungan Bintang Regency are Lepki (Lepki-Murkim family), Kimki (isolate), Towei (Pauwasi), Emem (Pauwasi), and Burumakok (Ok, Trans-New Guinea). The Bintang Mountains Regency comprises thirty-four districts ( distrik ), tabulated below with their current areas and their populations within those current areas at

105-680: Is the town of Oksibil . Pegunungan Bintang is the Indonesian name for the Star Mountains , a mountain range that is also shared by Papua New Guinea . Similarly, Star Mountains Rural LLG in Western Province, Papua New Guinea is also named after the same mountain range. Pegunungan Bintang Regency, located in Papua Pegunungan Province, Indonesia, has very distinctive geographical characteristics and

120-765: The Sepik family, but there is little data to base a classification on. The similarities noted by Laycock are sporadic and may simply be loans; Ross based his classification on pronouns, but they are dissimilar enough for the connection to be uncertain. Usher found it to be a Southern Pauwasi language. Foley (2018) classifies it as a language isolate . Foley (2018b: 295-296) notes that first person pronoun and third-person singular masculine pronoun in Yetfa match pronouns found in Sepik languages , with some resemblances such as nim ‘louse’ with proto-Sepik *nim ‘louse’, and wal ‘ear’ with proto-Sepik *wan. However, Foley (2018b) considers

135-616: The 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages ( kampung ) in each district, and its post code. The number of districts increased dramatically prior to 2010, created by the division of the six original districts (whose names are given in bold above and are numbered from 95.02.01 to 95.02.06). The 28 new districts (numbered from 95.02.07 to 95.02.34) are shown as follows: Yetfa language Yetfa and Biksi (Biaksi; Inisine ) are dialects of

150-408: The 2010 Population column (and numbered from 95.01.01 to 95.01.11) were the eleven districts extent in 2010; the remaining twenty-nine districts with no figure given in the 2010 Population column (and numbered from 95.01.12 to 95.01.40) were those created from the original eleven districts subsequent to 2010. Bintang Mountains Regency Pegunungan Bintang Regency or Bintang Mountains Regency

165-475: The 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid-2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 328 rural kampung and 4 urban kelurahan ), and its postcode. Notes: (a) including the three kelurahan of Wamena Kota (Wamena town), Sinakma and Sinapuk. (b) including the kelurahan of Ilokama. Note that those districts with 2010 populations given in

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180-556: The Trans-New Guinea database: There is very little sentence data for Yetfa. Some of the few documented Yetfa sentences are: do 3SG mete yesterday ti-yo come- TNS do mete ti-yo 3SG yesterday come-TNS ‘She came yesterday’ do 3SG muni money ɲ(a)-awa-te 1SG -father- DAT ? ni-yo give- TNS do muni ɲ(a)-awa-te ni-yo 3SG money 1SG-father-DAT? give-TNS ‘She gave money to my father.’ The Yetfa tense suffix - (y)o

195-572: The evidence linking Yetfa to the Sepik family to be insufficient, thus classifying Yetfa as a language isolate until further evidence can be found. Pronouns from Ross (2005): Pronouns from Kim (2005), as quoted in Foley (2018): Basic vocabulary of Yetfa from Kim (2006), quoted in Foley (2018): The following basic vocabulary words are from Conrad & Dye (1975) and Voorhoeve (1975), as cited in

210-475: The new province of Highland Papua. At the time of the 2010 Census, the Jayawijaya Regency comprised eleven districts ( distrik ), listed below with their populations at the 2010 Census. During the following ten years, the number of districts was raised to forty by the splitting of existing districts, and these are all shown below with their current areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and

225-516: The transportation infrastructure in this regency, which is generally limited. Roads often become inaccessible during the rainy season, so air transportation is one of the main options for connecting this area to other regions. These overall geographical conditions influence various aspects of life in the Bintang Mountains, including the economy, infrastructure and way of life of the local people. Astronomically, Pegunungan Bintang Regency

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