Kandas language

Kandas
Kandas
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	New Ireland
Ethnicity	1,500 (2010)
Native speakers	1,400 (2010)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (St George linkage) Kandas–Ramoaaina Kandas; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kqw
Glottolog	kand1301
ELP	Kandas
	Kandas is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger .

Last updated January 02, 2026

Kandas is an Oceanic language spoken on New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.

References

1 2 Kandas at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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[e25-1] 1 2 Kandas at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

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