Pak-Tong

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
pkg
Alternate Names
Tong-Pak
User Population

1,090 (2000 census).

Location

Manus province: Pak and Tong islands.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Admiralty Islands, Eastern, Pak-Tong
Dialects

Pak, Tong. 2 nearly identical dialects; Pak is larger.

Typology

SVO.

Language Use

Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Pak-Tong
Writing

Latin script [Latn], developed in 1999.