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Mar 20, 2024 · Papua New Guinea, a sovereign state in Oceania, is the most linguistically diverse country in the world. There are 839 living languages spoken in the country. Languages with statutory recognition are Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu, and Papua New Guinean Sign Language. Tok Pisin, an English-based creole, is the most widely spoken, serving as the country's lingua franca. A lingua franca is any ...
Mekeo is a language spoken in Papua New Guinea and had 19,000 speakers in 2003. It is an Oceanic language of the Papuan Tip Linkage. [2] The two major villages that the language is spoken in are located in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. These are named Ongofoina and Inauaisa. [3]
B. Bina language (Papua New Guinea) Categories: Extinct languages of Oceania. Languages of Papua New Guinea.
Elu. Language codes. ISO 639-3. elu. Glottolog. eluu1241. ELP. Elu. Elu is an Austronesian language spoken on the northern coast of Manus Island, New Guinea.
Language codes. ISO 639-3. sbc. Glottolog. kele1258. Kele or Gele’ is a language spoken in the easterly section of inland Manus Island, New Guinea. [1] Its name comes from the Kele word for "there". [2]
A pandanus language is an elaborate avoidance language among several of the peoples of the eastern New Guinea Highlands, used when collecting Pandanus nuts. Use [ edit ] Annually, people camp in the forest to harvest and cook the nuts of karuka (both Pandanus julianettii and Pandanus brosimos ).
Glottolog. sepa1241. ELP. Sepa (Papua New Guinea) Sepa is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. Sepa is an Oceanic language of northeast New Guinea .
