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Unea Island

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Unea
Native name:
Uniapa
Unea is located in New Britain
Unea
Unea
Unea is located in Papua New Guinea
Unea
Unea
Geography
LocationMelanesia
Coordinates4°53′0″S 149°9′0″E / 4.88333°S 149.15000°E / -4.88333; 149.15000
ArchipelagoVitu Islands
Adjacent toBismarck Sea
Administration
Papua New Guinea
ProvinceWest New Britain Province
LLGBali/Witu Rural LLG
Demographics
Population0 (2011)

Unea Island is an island in Papua New Guinea located in the Vitu Islands. It was occupied by Japan in World War II.[1]

The Uneapa (or Bali) language is natively spoken on this island. In the local language, it is called Uniapa or Uneapa. The term Unea comes from the Vitu language, and they descend from a proto-form *Uneap or *Uniap, reflecting the addition of an echo vowel in Uneapa and the regular loss of final consonants in Vitu.

References

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  1. ^ "Pacific Wrecks". pacificwrecks.com.