Kapin
A language of Papua New Guinea
| Population | 2,350 (1979 census). |
| Region | Morobe Province, Mumeng District, Bulolo District, hills southwest of Mumeng, 5 villages; Wau and Lae settlements. |
| Language map |
Papua New Guinea, Map 15, reference number 691 |
| Alternate names | Katumene, Sambio, Taiak, Tayek |
| Dialects | Kapin, Garawa (Gawawa). May be part of the Mumeng language chain. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, South, Hote-Buang, Buang |
| Language use | All domains. All ages. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi], Kumalu [ksl], or English. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: Possibly 10% are fluent readers, 25% halting. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SVO; prepositions; genitives before nouns, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; V, CV, CVC, CVV, CVVC, CVCC, VC; nontonal. Swidden agriculturalists; coffee producers; gold traders. Traditional religion. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
LEADERS, Marlin R., author. 1990. "Conjunctions in Middle Watut of Papua New Guinea."
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