Ipiko
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
350 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ipo
Glottologipik1244
ELPIpiko

Ipiko (Epai, Higa, Ipikoi) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, the most divergent of the Inland Gulf languages. Despite being spoken by only a few hundred people, language use is vigorous. It is spoken in Ipiko (7°26′08″S 144°52′37″E / 7.435678°S 144.876902°E / -7.435678; 144.876902 (Ipiko)) and Pahemuba (7°26′43″S 144°50′53″E / 7.445341°S 144.848146°E / -7.445341; 144.848146 (Pakemba)) villages,[2] with Ipiko village being located in Amipoke ward, Baimuru Rural LLG, Kikori District, Gulf Province.[3][2]

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References

  1. ^ Ipiko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.


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