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″S144°52′37″E / 7.435678°S 144.876902°E / -7.435678; 144.876902 (Ipiko) ) and Pahemuba ( 7°26′43″S144°50′53″E / 7.445341°S 144.848146°E / -7.445341; 144.848146 (Pakemba) ) villages, [2] with Ipiko village being located in Amipoke ward, Baimuru Rural LLG, Kikori District, Gulf Province. [3] [2]

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References

  1. Ipiko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. 1 2 United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. 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.