Barok

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
bjk
Alternate Names
Kanalu, Kanapit, Kolube, Komalu, Kulubi
Autonym
Barok
User Population

2,740 (Du 2010). 1,000 Usen (Du 2010), 1,740 Nabo (2000 census). Ethnic population: 7,000 (Du 2010).

Location

New Ireland province: south central, east and west coasts. 15 villages.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, Madak
Dialects

Usen, Nabo.

Typology

SVO; Nominative-Accusative; Verbal affixation marks tense, aspect, modality, and negation; 15 Consonants, 12 Vowels (Du 2010).

Language Use

Private conversations among fluent speakers (Du 2010). Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Du 2010). Many also use English [eng], especially young people (Du 2010).

Language Development

NT: 2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Barok
Writing

Latin script [Latn].