Sinasina

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names

Chimbu

User Population

21,000 (2000 census).

Chimbu province: Sinasina-Yonggamugl district, Sinasina RLLG.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 9

Papua New Guinea, Map 10

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Trans-New Guinea, Chimbu-Wahgi, Chimbu

Tabare, Gunangi (Guna), Kondo, Kere, Dinga, Kebai, Nimai. Reportedly similar to Dom [doa] and Golin [gvf].

Some of all ages. Also use English [eng] (Rarrick 2017). Also use Kuman [kue] (Rarrick 2017). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi], with most Tabare young people and some Tabare adults shifting (Ilai 2012), and all Kere young people shifting (Rarrick 2017).

Language Development

Grammar. NT: 1975.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Sinasina

Latin script [Latn].