Mungkip

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A language of Papua New Guinea

User Population

12 (Retsema et al 2009). Ethnic population: 670 (Retsema et al 2009).

Location

Morobe province: Kasuka and Mungkip villages.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Dialects

None known. Most similar to Nakame [nib] (Retsema et al 2009).

Typology

SOV; numerals and adjectives after head nouns.

Language Use

Elderly only. Shifted to Tok Pisin [tpi] (Retsema et al 2009). Shifted to Uri [uvh].

Language Development

Literacy is in Tok Pisin [tpi]; primary instruction in Uri [uvh].

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].