Onjob language

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Onjob
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Oro Province
Native speakers
150 (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 onj
Glottolog onjo1240
ELP Onjob
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Onjob is a Papuan language of New Guinea. It is a rather divergent member of the Dagan family.

It is spoken in Koreat ( 9°20′33″S149°08′18″E / 9.342387°S 149.138425°E / -9.342387; 149.138425 (Koreaf) ) and Naukwate ( 9°19′59″S149°09′09″E / 9.333002°S 149.152413°E / -9.333002; 149.152413 (Naukwate) ) villages in Tufi Rural LLG, Oro Province. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Onjob 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.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.