Ketengban

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
xte
Alternate Names
Kufel-wenga, Kupel, Oktengban
Autonym
Ketengban
User Population

9,970 (2000).

Location

Papua province: Papua New Guinea border area, east highland slopes, scattered.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Mek, Western
Dialects

Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya. Lexical similarity: 69% with Una [mtg].

Language Use

All domains. Used as L2 by Lepki [lpe].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%–40%. Dictionary. NT: 1997–2019.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ketengban
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.