Telefol

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
tlf
Alternate Names
Teleefool, Telefolmin, Telefomin
Autonym
Telefol
User Population

5,630 (2000 census).

Location

Sandaun province: Telefomin district, large central area; Western province: North Fly district, Star Mountains and Olsobip RLLGs.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Ok-Awyu, Ok, Mountain
Dialects

Telefol, Feramin.

Typology

SOV; whistle speech reported.

Language Use

Also use English [eng] (Jorgensen 2006). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Jorgensen 2006). Used as L2 by Asaba [seo], Mian [mpt], Ninggerum [nxr], Tifal [tif].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1988.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Telefol
Writing

Latin script [Latn].