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Enga

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Enga is the most populous Trans-New Guinea language, spoken by more than 200,000 people in Enga Province in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is written in the Latin script and, like most Trans-New Guinea languages, was never traditionally written before missionary and colonial-era orthography work.

Facts
Speaker Count
230,000 2
Status
Living 2
Region
Enga Province, Papua New Guinea 2
Classification
Language Kind
Safe 1
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Source Wikipedia: Trans-New Guinea Languages

Written In

Latin Script, Scripts
Source Wikipedia: Enga Language
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Source Wikipedia: Enga LanguageLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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Enga is a language of the East New Guinea Highlands spoken by a quarter-million people in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Source Wikipedia: Enga LanguageLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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Enga is a language of the East New Guinea Highlands spoken by a quarter-million people in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Enga (Glottolog languoid enga1252)
GlottologEndangerment, AES status
Quote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
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2. Wikipedia: Enga Language
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section, most populous Trans-New Guinea language statement
  • Infobox, speaker count figure (230,000, 2000 census)
  • Infobox, region field
  • Infobox, current speaker figures
  • Written In: Latin Script, Infobox, writing system field (Latin script)
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Wikipedia: Trans-New Guinea Languages
Wikimedia FoundationIn Family: Trans-New Guinea, Largest languages list, Enga named the most populous Trans-New Guinea language with more than 200,000 speakersView the Source
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