Mur Pano

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
tkv
Alternate Names
Pano
User Population

1,000 (2012 SIL).

Location

Madang province: Mur village.

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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, Korap
Dialects

Lexical similarity: 63% with Karnai [bbv], 63% with Pano [mqz (Singorokai dialect), 59% with Pano (Malasanga dialect), 58% with Arop-Lokep [apr].

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Carter et al 2012).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mur Pano
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Different from Pano [mqz].