Ethnologue

Anuki

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Gabobora

Population

890 (2001 SIL).

Location

Milne Bay province: north coast, Cape Vogel.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 49%–57% with Gapapaiwa [pwg] (most similar).

Language Use

Children tend to prefer Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007). Used as L2 by Dima [jma], Doga [dgg].

Language Development

Bible portions: 2009–2015.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].