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Nehan

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: nsn

Population	6,500 (2003 SIL).
Region	Bougainville Province, Nissan Island.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 13, reference number 607
Alternate names	Nihan, Nissan
Dialects	Nehan, Pinipel (Pinipin). Not closely related to other languages.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Nehan-North Bougainville, Nehan
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Little acculturation.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GLENNON, Ariana; GLENNON, John, authors. 2003. Nehan Organised Phonology Data.  

GLENNON, Ariana; GLENNON, John, authors. 2009. Organised phonology data Nehan (Nissan) language [NSN]; Kalil - Bougainville region.  

GLENNON, John, compiler; GLENNON, Ariana, other. 2005. Nehan dictionary.