Anuki language

Anuki
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Milne Bay Province, tip of Cape Vogel
Native speakers
890 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aui
Glottolog anuk1239[2]

The Anuki language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Gabobora people along Cape Vogel in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The language was named after a highly respected deity of the people, whose sacred remains now rest in Australia.

References

  1. Anuki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Anuki". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Landweer, M. Lynn. "Sociolinguistic Survey Report of the Anuki Language, Cape Vogel, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea." 2001


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.