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Akolet
ISO 639-3: akt
| Population |
950 (1982 SIL). |
| Region |
West New Britain Province, south coast, and islands around Awio Bay. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 12, reference number 593
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| Dialects |
A dialect subgroup. |
| Classification |
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Southwest New Britain, Arawe-Pasismanua, Arawe, East Arawe |
| Language use |
Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] or English. |
| Comments |
3 primary schools, provincial secondary school, vocational school. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
HOOPERT, Daniel A.; WAKEFIELD, David C., authors. 1980. "The languages and communities of south-western New Britain."