Ethnologue

Mungkip

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Munkip

Population

12 (2006 SIL). Ethnic population: 670 (2006 SIL).

Location

Morobe province: Kasuka and Mungkip villages.

Language Maps

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Reportedly most similar to Uri [uvh].

Typology

SOV; numerals and adjectives after head nouns.

Language Use

Elderly only. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi], Uri [uvh].

Language Development

Literacy is in Tok Pidgin [tpi]; primary instruction in Uri [uvh].

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].