Nukna

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
klt
Alternate Names
Komutu
Autonym
Nukna
User Population

1,000 (Taylor 2015). Ethnic population: 1,000 (Taylor 2015).

Location

Morobe province: lower Timbe river valley.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Finisterre, Uruwa
Dialects

3 dialects, all mutually intelligible with each other.

Typology

SOV; Postpositions; Noun Head: Initial; Nominative-Accusative; Verbal affixation marks number, person, tense, aspect, mood, modality; Tenses: 6 (Present, Near Past, Remote Past, Immediate Future, Future, Dubitative Future), Aspects: 7 (Progressive, Habitual, Imperfective, Durative, Iterative, Completive, Extended Action); Consonants: 16, Vowels: 6 (Taylor 2015).

Language Use

Home, community. Used by all. Most also use Tok Pisin [tpi], especially men (Taylor 2015). Some also use Mato [met] (Taylor 2015). Some also use Pano [mqz] (Taylor 2015). Some also use Timbe [tim] (Taylor 2015).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Grammar. Bible portions: 2014–2020.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nukna
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.