The highlands of New Guinea are among the most linguistic diverse regions on the planet. Compose a brief essay explaining why this linguistic diversity is found in New Guinea.
What will be an ideal response?
The highlands of New Guinea are extremely remote in accessible to outsiders which prevented colonization until the early 20th century. The heavily forested and rugged terrain promoted cultural isolation between the various peoples of the highlands, who largely engaged in swidden agriculture which did encourage them to travel far from their villages. A sizeable majority of the peoples of the highlands of New Guinea rarely traveled beyond the borders of their home valley, producing an incredible variety of different languages which remained intact well into the 20th century.
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