Ronji language

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Ronji
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region MadangMorobe
Native speakers
450 (2003) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 roe
Glottolog ronj1237

Ronji is a minor Austronesian language of northern Papua New Guinea.

Locations

Ronji is spoken in two villages, one in Morobe Province and one in Madang Province: [2] [3]

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References

  1. Ronji 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.