Wampar

Wampar country lies in the middle Markham Valley, a broad corridor between mountain ranges in northeastern New Guinea. Wampar is an Austronesian language of the Markham family. Wampar genealogies recall that their ancestors moved from the lower Watut Valley into the Markham Valley around the late eighteenth century. Their villages were organised through clans and lineages, with allied communities cooperating in exchange and ceremony.