Ikobi language

Papuan Gulf language of Papua New Guinea
Ikobi
Mena
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
1,600 (2009)[1]
Language family
Papuan Gulf ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3meb
Glottologikob1240

Ikobi, or Ikobi-Mena after its two varieties, is a Papuan language, or pair of languages, of Papua New Guinea. Wurm and Hattori (1981) treat the two varieties, Ikobi and Mena, as distinct languages, but Ethnologue 16 judges them to be one.

References

  1. ^ Ikobi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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Papuan language families
(Palmer 2018 classification)
Trans-New Guinea
subgroups
Central Papua, Indonesia
  • Ok-Oksapmin
  • Dani
  • Asmat-Kamoro
  • Mek
  • Paniai Lakes
  • West Bomberai
  • Somahai
Southeast Papua, Indonesia
Southwest Papua New Guinea
Central Papua New Guinea
Papuan Peninsula
Eastern Nusantara
families and isolatesBird's Head Peninsula
families and isolatesNorthern Western New Guinea
families and isolatesCentral Western New Guinea
families and isolatesSepik-Ramu basin
families and isolates
Torricelli subgroups
Sepik subgroups
Ramu subgroups
Gulf of Papua and southern New Guinea
families and isolatesBismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
families and isolatesRossel Island
isolateProposed groupingsProto-language
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Official languages
Major Indigenous
languages
Other Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages


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