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Rotokas

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: roo

Population	4,320 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Region	Bougainville Province, Central Bougainville District, central mountains. 28 villages.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 13, reference number 618
Dialects	Pipipaia, Aita, Atsilima.
Classification	North Bougainville, Rotokas
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. NT: 1982.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists; intensive agriculturalists: cocoa and other cash crops.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Firchow, Irwin B. 1970. Form and function of Rotokas words, Bougainville, New Guinea.

Firchow, Irwin B. 1971. "Rotokas referentials."

Firchow, Irwin B. 1974. "Rotokas."

Firchow, Irwin B. 1977. "Some functions of Rotokas referentials."  

Firchow, Irwin B. 1987. "Form and function of Rotokas words."

Firchow, Irwin B. and Jacqueline Firchow, compilers. Available: 2008; Created: 2008. Rotokas - English dictionary.  

Firchow, Irwin B. and Jacqueline Firchow. 1969. "An abbreviated phoneme inventory."

Firchow, Irwin B. and Jacqueline Firchow. 2008. The Rotokas people of Bougainville Island.  

Firchow, Irwin B., Jacqueline Firchow, and David Akoitai, compilers. 1973. Vocabulary of Rotokas--Pidgin--English.  

Firchow, Irwin. Available: 2008; Created: 1974. Rotokas grammar.  

McElhanon, Kenneth A., editor. 1974. Legends from Papua New Guinea.

Vernacular Publications

A music primer for the Rotokas speakers of the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea. 1985.

Avuru kare oirara upiapiepaiveira. 1973.

Oearovu vokepaaraaro. 1973.

Oirara voeao Papua Nu Gini. 1973.

Okarerovu Apirika iava. 1973.

Rotokas primer 1. 1986.

Rotokas reo vo kokovaero vo toupai. 1974.

Rotokas reo vo siposiporoaro vo toupai. 1974.

Rotokasipa irara vo pitupituroaro iava vo toupai. 1974.

Rovoparai 4, 5. 1986.

Viei rovoparai 4, 5. 1986.