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

Taiap

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3gpn

Population  80 (2000 S. Wurm).
Region  East Sepik Province, Gapun village.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 178
Alternate names   Gapun
Dialects  Not closely related to any other language.
Classification  Language isolate
Language use  All older than 10 years.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.
Comments  ‘Taiap’ is the language, ‘Gapun’ the village.