Mungkip language

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Munkip
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Morobe Province
Ethnicity670 (2006) [1]
Native speakers
12 (2006) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mpv
Glottolog mung1272
ELP Munkip

Munkip (Mungkip) is a nearly extinct Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Kasuka ( 6°27′37″S146°43′13″E / 6.460182°S 146.720285°E / -6.460182; 146.720285 (Kasuka) ) and Mungkip ( 6°28′43″S146°37′49″E / 6.478612°S 146.630269°E / -6.478612; 146.630269 (Mungkip) ) villages of Sintogora ward, Wain-Erap Rural LLG. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Munkip at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 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.