Ethnologue

Nekgini

ISO 639-3

Population

430 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Location

Madang province: west of Mot river.

Language Maps

Language Status

4 (Educational).

Classification

Typology

SOV; articles, adjectives, numerals after noun heads; verb affixes mark number of subject.

Language Use

Home, village. Also use Neko [nej], Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Neko [nej].

Language Development

Taught in secondary schools, in 2 preparatory schools.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.