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Ketengban

A language of Indonesia (Papua)

ISO 639-3: xte

Population	9,970 (2000).
Region	Near Papua New Guinea border, east highland slopes scattered, east of Eipomek [eip] and west of Ngalum [szb].
Language map	Indonesia, Eastern Papua, reference number 213
Alternate names	Kupel, Oktengban
Dialects	Okbap, Omban, Bime, Onya. Lexical similarity: 69% with Una [mtg].
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Mek, Western
Language use	All domains, church.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 30%–40%. Dictionary. NT: 1997.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Agriculturalists; some hunter-gatherers. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

JONES, Linda K.; SIMS, Anne, authors. 1986. Participant reference in Ketengban narrative folktales.

SIMS, Andrew, author. 1986. "Ketengban kinship."

SIMS, Andrew, author. 1986. The use of tense and aspect in foregrounding and backgrounding in Ketengban narrative discourse.

SIMS, Andrew, author. 1991. "Of red men and rituals: The Ketengban of eastern Irian Jaya."

SIMS, Andrew, author. 1992. "Of red men and rituals: The Ketengban and the supernatural."

SIMS, Andrew; SIMS, Anne, authors. 1982. Ketengban phonology.

SIMS, Andrew; SIMS, Anne, authors. 1992. Rituals and Relationships in the Valley of the Sun: The Ketengban of Irian Jaya.  

SIMS, Andrew; STERNER, Joyce K., authors. 1992. "The clans that birthed me: Ketengban kinship."

SIMS, Anne, author. 1991. "Myth and metaphor in Ketengban pregnancy and childbirth practices."

STERNER, Joyce K., author. 1990. "The role of women in traditional Irian Jaya societies as exemplified among the Bauzi and Ketengban."

Vernacular Publications

AIDS. 1996.

Deiyo upu. 1990.

Gizi; imunisasi; malaria (Nonge puto kemdina keca; pu dyepsurur tenen sengdongon obat; malaria). 1989.

Ketengban upu huruf kaelkemna buku. 1987.

Ketengban upu peteremna buku 1-3. 1987.

Ketengban upu peteremna buku 4-8. 1987.

Ketengban upu peteremna lap pena buku 1, 2. 1987.

Malaria. 1996.

Nun mutu ma si. 1988.

Sabuk dyenada, nun nong mali kemdiserure. 1996.