Angal Heneng

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
akh
Alternate Names
Agarar, Augu, Katinja, Wage, West Angal Heneng, West Mendi
Autonym
Angal Heneng
User Population

40,000 (1994 V. Schlatter).

Location

Southern Highlands province: south of Kandep and Margarima, north of Lake Kutubu, west of Lai valley.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Engan, Angal-Kewa
Dialects

Waola (Wala), Augu, Nipa, Ota.

Typology

SOV: Time-Subject-Object-Location-Verb.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Enga [enq] (Reithofer 2011). Also use Huli [hui] (Reithofer 2011). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (San Roque and Loughnane 2012). Used as L2 by Huli [hui].

Language Development

NT: 1978.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Angal Heneng
Writing

Latin script [Latn].