Nehan

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
nsn
Alternate Names
Nihan, Nissan
Autonym
Nehan
User Population

7,000 (Glennon 2014), increasing. 5,000 Uanuleik, 1,000 Sirouatan, and 1,000 Pinipel (Glennon 2014).

Location

Bougainville province: Nissan islands.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Nehan-North Bougainville, Nehan
Dialects

Uanuleik, Pinipel (Pinipin), Sirouatan. Not closely related to other languages. Lexical similarity: 83% between the main dialects (Glennon 2014).

Language Use

Used by all. A few also use English [eng]. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Radio. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2011.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nehan
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Little acculturation. Christian.