Ömie

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Aomie, Upper Managalasi

Population

800 (1993 SIL). 400 monolinguals.

Location

Oro (formerly Northern) Province, Kokoda, Upper Kumusi, and Afore districts, northwest of Managalasi, Mamama river, and upper Kumusi valley.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Asapa, Gora-Bomahouji, Ihuaje, Juvaje, Zuwadza.

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Also use English [eng], Hiri Motu [hmo].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. NT: 1991.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].