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

Kaningra

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3knr

Population  300 (2000 S. Wurm). Ethnic population: 75.
Region  East Sepik Province, Blackwater River just south of Kuvanmas Lake. 2 villages.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 6, reference number 247
Alternate names   Kaningara
Classification  Sepik, Sepik Hill, Alamblak
Language use  Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 5%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%.