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A language of Papua New Guinea

Yuna

User Population

20,000 (San Roque 2015).

Hela province: Koroba and Lake Kopiago districts, east from Strickland river; Enga province: Paiela-Hewa RLLG.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 5

Papua New Guinea, Map 8

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Trans-New Guinea, Duna-Bogaya

Used by all. Many also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (San Roque 2015). Some also use English [eng] (San Roque 2015). Some also use Huli [hui] (San Roque 2015). Used as L2 by Bogaya [boq], Hewa [ham], Huli [hui].

Language Development

Grammar. NT: 1976.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Duna

Latin script [Latn].