Papuan

Other forms: Papuans

Definitions of Papuan

1. adjective

   of or relating to Papua or its people or language
   “Papuan native crafts”

   “Papuan vowels”
2. noun

   a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea or New Guinea
   type of:

   Indonesian

   a native or inhabitant of Indonesia
3. noun

   any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
   synonyms: Papuan language

   type of:

   natural language, tongue

   a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language