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Edolo

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: etr

Population	1,670 (2000 census). 60% monolingual.
Region	Southern Highlands Province, Tari District; Western Province, Nomad District, southwest of Mt. Sisa. 16 villages.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 8, reference number 397
Alternate names	Edolo Ado, Etolo, Etoro
Dialects	Eastern Edolo, Western Edolo. Lexical similarity: 38% with Beami [beo].
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Bosavi
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Some also use Huli [hui], Onobasulu [onn], or Beami.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 15%–20%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 1997–2002.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV; (C)V(V). Swidden agriculturalists. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 1995. Hegemony and voice in Papua New Guinea [reviews of: Voices of conflict, by Andrew Strathern and Review of: Constructing inequality: The fabrication of a hierarchy of virtue among the Etoro, by Raymond C. Kelly].

GOSSNER, Jan D., author. 1994. Aspects of Edolo grammar.  

GOSSNER, Jan D., author. 2004. Edolo Organised Phonology Data.  

GOSSNER, Jan D., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1995. Edolo grammar: thesis addenda.  

GOSSNER, Jan D., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1998. Edolo phonology essentials.  

Vernacular Publications

Hesi ae wile (HIV) eisi olole (AIDS) fädäla säi. 2010.

Idi olelo beba. 2000.