Enga language
Not to be confused with Enga language (Bantu).
| Enga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Enga Province |
Native speakers | 230,000 (2000 census)[1] |
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Enga Province |
Native speakers | None |
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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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