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Kiwai, Northeast

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: kiw

Population	4,400 (1986 W. Foley). 1,300 in Kope, 700 in Gibaio, 1,700 in Urama, 700 in Arigibi.
Region	Gulf Province.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 14, reference number 678
Alternate names	Gibaio
Dialects	Gibaio, Kope (Gope, Era River), Urama, Arigibi (Anigibi).
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Kiwaian
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 1987.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Wurm and Hattori (1981) treat Arigibi dialect as a separate language.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CLIFTON, John M., author. 1986. Orthographic reform in Kope.  

CLIFTON, John M., author. 1988. Nonsyllabic vocoids.

CLIFTON, John M., author. 1990. Case marking strategies in Kope.

CLIFTON, John M., author. 1991. Kope Organised Phonology Data.  

VOORHOEVE, C. L., author. 2010. "A remarkable chain tale from New Guinea."