Amio-Gelimi

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Amio, Atui, Gelimi, Lesing-Atui, Lesing-Gelimi, Poronga
User Population

2,000 (2000 census).

Location

West New Britain and East New Britain provinces: east and Solomon sea coast. Kaskas island, Amio village (Amio dialect), Atui island and Poronga village (Gelimi dialect).

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Southwest New Britain, Arawe-Pasismanua, Arawe, East Arawe
Dialects

Gelimi (Poronga), Amio. The 2 dialects are mutually intelligible.

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Home, community; Mixed use: church, school. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Most also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Spencer et al 2013). Some also use Akolet [akt] (Spencer et al 2013). Some also use Avau [avb] (Spencer et al 2013). Some also use English [eng] (Spencer et al 2013). Some also use Lote [uvl] (Spencer et al 2013). Some also use Mangseng [mbh] (Spencer et al 2013).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Amio-Gelimi
Other Comments

Christian.