Ipiko language
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| Ipiko | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 350 (2003)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ipo |
| Glottolog | ipik1244 |
| ELP | Ipiko |
Ipiko (Epai, Higa, Ipikoi) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, the most divergent of the Inland Gulf languages. Despite being spoken by only a few hundred people, language use is vigorous. It is spoken in Ipiko (7°26′08″S 144°52′37″E / 7.435678°S 144.876902°E) and Pakemuba (7°26′43″S 144°50′53″E / 7.445341°S 144.848146°E) villages,[2] with Ipiko village being located in Amipoke ward, Baimuru Rural LLG, Kikori District, Gulf Province.[3][2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Word lists
- Chance, Sydney H. 1926. Vocabulary of Ipikoi. British New Guinea Annual Report 1925–1926: 91–91.
- Petterson, Robert. 1999. Rumu – English – Hiri-Motu Dictionary. Palmerston North, New Zealand: International Pacific College.
- Z’graggen, John A. 1975. Comparative wordlists of the Gulf District and adjacent Areas. In: Richard Loving (ed.), Comparative Wordlists I. 5–116. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG. (Rearranged version of Franklin ed. 1973: 541–592) with typographical errors.)
References
[edit]- ↑ Ipiko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ↑ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
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