Enga language
Not to be confused with Enga language (Bantu).
Enga | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Enga Province |
Native speakers | 230,000 (2000 census)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
enq |
Glottolog |
enga1252 [2] |
Enga is a language of the East New Guinea Highlands spoken by a quarter-million people in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It has the largest number of speakers of any native language in New Guinea, and is second over all after Papuan Malay.
Arafundi-Enga Pidgin | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Enga Province |
Native speakers | None |
Enga-based pidgin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
None (mis ) |
Glottolog |
araf1245 [3] |
An Enga-based pidgin is used by speakers of Arafundi languages.
References
- ↑ Enga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Enga". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Arafundi-Enga Pidgin". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
External links
- Phonology of Enga
- A collection of open access recordings of Enga archived with Kaipuleohone.
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