Ketengban

Primary tabs

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Kupel, Oktengban

Population

9,970 (2000).

Location

Papua Province. Near Papua New Guinea border, east highland slopes; scattered.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Bime, Okbap, Omban, 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: 1997–2013.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.