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Nek

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: nif

Population	1,500 (2002 SIL).
Region	Morobe Province, Nawaeb District, Saruwaged Range south side, rugged terrain north of Boana. 5 villages.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 11, reference number 535
Dialects	East Nek, West Nek. Lexical similarity: 65% with Nuk [noc], less than 60% with Nakama [nib].
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Finisterre, Erap
Language use	Increasing in church. Home, prep schools. Positive attitude. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Prep schools in Nek. Bible portions: 1999–2006.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Nek Organised Phonology Data.  

Vernacular Publications

HIV gɨt AIDS eundakle manda. 2007.