Orokaiva language
Orokaiva is a Papuan language spoken in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea.
| Orokaiva | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Oro Province |
| Ethnicity | Orokaiva |
Native speakers | 47,000 (2000 census – 2007)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:okv – Orokaivahkk – Hunjaraaez – Aeka |
| Glottolog | orok1268[2] |
| IETF | okv[3] |
Varieties
Orokaiva is spoken in 200 villages around Popondetta in Oro Province.
Hunjara is spoken in Kokoda Rural LLG of Oro Province.
Aeka is spoken in Tamata Rural LLG of Oro Province.[4]
References
- Orokaiva at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hunjara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Aeka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Orokaivic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- "Orokaiva". IANA language subtag registry. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- 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.
External links
- Humotepain-Ari te Giu, Prayers and Offices in Orokaiva (1953) Digitized by Richard Mammana
- "Orokaiva Phonology and Orthography" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-07-10. Cite journal requires
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