Dano language

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Dano
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers
(30,000 cited 1987) [1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 aso
Glottolog dano1240

Dano (Upper Asaro) is a Papuan language spoken by about 30,000 people in Upper Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Dano at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)