Ethnologue

Ono

ISO 639-3

Population

11,000, all users. 10,000 (2011 SIL), increasing. Population increase due to Bakesu Revival Church activity. 1,000 (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977).

Location

Morobe province: Finschhafen district, northeast Huon peninsula.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Ziwe, Amugen.

Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Home, church, government. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Dedua [ded], Nomu [noh], Sialum [slw].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Used in church education. Literature. Texts. NT: 1991–2012.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.