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Finongan

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: fag

Population	1,300 (2002 SIL). 3% monolingual.
Region	Morobe Province.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 11, reference number 540
Alternate names	Finungwa, Finungwan
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Finisterre, Erap
Language use	Home, community, church. All ages. Positive attitude. Most also use Tok Pisin [tpi], a few also use English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

RICE, Amy; RICE, Chris, authors. 2002. Finongan Organised Phonology Data.

RICE, Amy; RICE, Chris, authors. 2010. Finongan Organised Phonology Data.  

Vernacular Publications

Finongan woolang diksanari = Picture dictionary = Finongan piksa dikseneri . 2010.

HIV kot AIDS kot tenen ninintomo temek. 2006.