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Selepet

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: spl

Population	7,000 (1988 SIL).
Region	Morobe Province, Kabwum District, Pumune and Kiari river valleys.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 11, reference number 515
Alternate names	Selepe
Dialects	North Selepet, South Selepet.
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Finisterre-Huon, Huon, Western
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1986.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 1974. Review of: Selepet phonology, by Kenneth A. McElhanon.

Anonymous. 1974. Review of: Selepet-English dictionary, by Kenneth A. McElhanon and Noreen A. McElhanon.

Anonymous. 2011. Selepet Organised Phonology Data.  

BAROK, Sâcnemac; MCELHANON, Kenneth A., authors. 1975. "Transfer between Selepet and Melanesian Pidgin idioms."

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

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1967. "Selepet vocoid clusters."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1968. "Selepet social organization and kinship."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1969. "Current cargo beliefs in the Kabwum sub-district."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1969. "Komba kinship terminology."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1970. "Selepet pronominal elements."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1970. "Selepet verb morphology."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1970. "Stops and fricatives: Non-unique solution in Selepet."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1970. The Selepet language within the Finisterre-Huon phylum (New Guinea).

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1970. Selepet phonology.

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1972. Selepet grammar, part I: From root to phrase.

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1974. "Selepet."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1975. "Idiomaticity in a Papuan (non-Austronesian) language."  

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1977. "The identification of birds by the Selepet, Papua New Guinea."

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1977. Selepet avifauna.  

MCELHANON, Kenneth A., author. 1991. "Selepet."

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

MCELHANON, Kenneth A.; MCELHANON, Noreen A., authors. 1970. Selepet-English dictionary.

Vernacular Publications

Bem denŋe. 1983.

Dola sen. 1966.

Hânŋe hânŋe Papua Nu Gini hawamgum tap. 1973.

Kapenta âi yakât topŋe. 1973.

Kâte den otmu Selepet den ekap. 1985.

Wuângât kaunsolihât takisi katbom?. 1973.