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Teop

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: tio

Population	5,000 (1991 SIL).
Region	Bougainville Province, Tinputz District, northeast.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 13, reference number 615
Dialects	Wainanana, Losiara (Raosiara), Taunita, Melilup, Petspets. Raosiara may be a dialect.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Nehan-North Bougainville, Saposa-Tinputz
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Bible portions: 1958–1966.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Teop Organised Phonology Data.  

Vernacular Publications

Tara inana 1-8. 1986.