Pak-Tong language

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Pak-Tong
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Manus Province
Native speakers
(970 cited 1977) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pkg
Glottolog pakt1239

Pak-Tong (or Tong-Pak) is an Oceanic language of the Pak and Tong islands of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Pak-Tong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)