Karnai

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Karnai

User Population

520 (Raymond 2005).

Morobe province: 4 mainland villages near Wasu, 3 on southwest Umboi island.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 11

Papua New Guinea, Map 12

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Korap

None known. Lexical similarity: 70%–80% with Arop-Lokep [apr] (Raymond 2005).

Used by all. Positive attitudes. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Raymond 2005). Some also use Kovai [kqb], especially older adults (Raymond 2005). Some also use Mbula [mna], especially older adults (Raymond 2005). Some also use Mutu [tuc], especially older adults (Raymond 2005). Some also use Yabem [jae], especially older adults (Raymond 2005).

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Karnai

Latin script [Latn].