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

Gobasi

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3goi

Population  1,100 (1993 ECP).
Region  Western Province.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 8, reference number 394
Alternate names   Nomad
Dialects  Gobasi (Bibo), Honibo, Oibae (Oiba). Related to Samo [smq], Kubo [jko].
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, East Strickland
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 5%–10%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%–15%. 2 vernacular primary schools.

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Academic Publications

LEROY, C.; LEROY, D.; RULE, J., authors. n.d.. Gobosi Organised Phonology Data.  Available online