History of Papua New Guinea

(Tok Pisin)

Histori em i save long as blong kain kain lain na ples blong en. Long Yurop na Amerika na Ostrelia, ol manmeri i gat save long rait longtaim bipo, na ol i raitim histori bilong en. Na tu, long taim bilong tumbuna long ol lain blong Yurop, ol manmeri i wokim tok histori, na sindaun wantaim na toktok long taim blong tumbuna na taim bipo. Nem blong dispela pasin i 'oral history'.

Histori long Papua Niugini i stap long ol toktok blong tumbuna. Planti manmeri yet ol i lusim tingting blong histori blong en, long wanim i no bin kisim save long ol mamapapa na mamapapa bilong en igo igo long taim blong tumbuna. Sapos olgeta manmeri blong PNG bai lusim tingting long lain blong en, mipela nogat histori bilong mi yet, tasol histori blong ol waitpela lain i bin kam long PNG.

Ol waitpela lain i bin i kam, ol inap rait, na ol raitin histori bilong yumi. Ol i lukim pasim blong yumi na wokim tingting long as blong dispela pasim. Dispela kain buk long ansropoloji na colonialism yet, i no histori tru bilong yumi. Em i histori bilong ol waitpela lain i bin i kam na lukluk yumi. Histori bilong mi i no kirapim long taim bilong colonialism tasol, nogat, histori bilong yumi i longpela tumas.

Sapos yu gat save long manmeri bilong PNG i bin raitim histori bilong yumi o yu gat save long wanpela stori bilong histori long PNG, yu laik raitim en hia.

(English)

The prehistory of Papua New Guinea can be traced to about 50,000–60,000 years ago, when people first migrated towards the Australian continent. The written history began when European navigators first sighted New Guinea in the early part of the 17th century.