Abaga language

Abaga
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Ethnicity	150 (2011)[1]
Native speakers	(5 cited 1994)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea ? Kainantu–Goroka Goroka Kamono–Yagaria Abaga; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abg
Glottolog	abag1245[2]

Abaga is a nearly extinct Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea. It appears to be related to Kamono and Yagaria.

The classification of Abaga is disputed. It may actually be a Kamano-Yagaria language, and not a Finisterre-Huon language with heavy influence as proposed before.[3]

References

"Abaga". Ethnologue. SIL International. 2015.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Abaga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Tupper, Ian. 2007. Endangered Languages Listing: Abaga [abg]. http://www.pnglanguages.org/pacific/png/show_lang_entry.asp?id=abg

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[ethnologue-1] "Abaga". Ethnologue. SIL International. 2015.

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Abaga". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[3] Tupper, Ian. 2007. Endangered Languages Listing: Abaga [abg]. http://www.pnglanguages.org/pacific/png/show_lang_entry.asp?id=abg