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Hote

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: hot

Population	2,240 (2000 census). 1,909 Hote and 328 Misim.
Region	Morobe Province, Lae District, Francisco River area.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 15, reference number 698
Alternate names	Ho’tei, Hotec, Malei
Dialects	Hote, Misim (Musim, Ombalei). Lexical similarity: 90% between Hote and Misim dialects; 70% with Yamap [ymp].
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, South, Hote-Buang, Hote
Language use	Consider all dialects one language.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 30%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%–65%. Bible portions: 1988.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BROWNIE, John, editor. 2000. Sociolinguistic and literacy studies: South-West, Sepik and Morobe.

LINDSTROM, Amy; LINDSTROM, John, authors. 2000. "Hote."

LINDSTROM, John, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1992. Organised phonology data (Hote).  

SAVAIKO, Simon, compiler. 2012. "Ronnie Sebong's story."  

Vernacular Publications

Ya lapuŋ yahalôk kasuk lêlêyaŋ. 2002.