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

Kaiep

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3kbw

Population  300 (1993 SIL). Ethnic population: 430.
Region  East Sepik Province, Kep, Taul coast area.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 4, reference number 168
Alternate names   Samap
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Schouten, Kairiru-Manam, Kairiru
Language use  Also use Manem [jet].
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.