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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Anuki

Anuki

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: aui

Population  890 (2001 SIL).
Region  North coast, Cape Vogel, Milne Bay Province.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 780
Alternate names   Gabobora
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 49%–57% with Gapapaiwa [pwg] (most similar).
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Nuclear, North Papuan Mainland-D’Entrecasteaux, Anuki

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Landweer, Martha Lynn. 2006. A Melanesian perspective on mechanisms of language maintenance and shift: case studies from Papua New Guinea.