Papapana language
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Oceanic language spoken on Bougainville
| Papapana | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Bougainville |
Native speakers | (120 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ppn |
| Glottolog | papa1265 |
| ELP | Papapana |
| Papapana is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger . | |
Papapana is an Austronesian language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
References
[edit ]- ^ Papapana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Further reading
[edit ]- Smith, Ellen Louise (2015). A Grammar of Papapana with an Investigation into Language Contact and Endangerment (PhD thesis). University of Newcastle. hdl:1959.13/1059853 .
- Smith-Dennis, Ellen (2020). A Grammar of Papapana: An Oceanic Language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics 659. Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9781501509971. ISBN 978-1-5015-0997-1.
External links
[edit ]- ELAR archive of Papapana language documentation materials
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