| Region | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|
| Date | 2003 |
| Ref | e18 |
| Familycolor | Papuan |
| Fam 1 | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam 2 | Fly River (Anim) |
| Fam 3 | Inland Gulf |
| Iso 3 | ipo |
| Glotto | ipik1244 |
| Glottorefname | Ipiko |
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 (7.435678°S 144.876902°E) and Pakemuba (7.445341°S 144.848146°E) villages,[1] with Ipiko village being located in Amipoke ward, Baimuru Rural LLG, Kikori District, Gulf Province.[2][1]
Bibliography
- Word lists
- Chance, Sydney H. 1926. Vocabulary of Ipikoi. British New Guinea Annual Report 1925–1926: 91–91.
- Petterson, Robert. 1999. Rumu – English – Hiri-Motu Dictionary. Palmerston North, New Zealand: International Pacific College.
- Z’graggen, John A. 1975. Comparative wordlists of the Gulf District and adjacent Areas. In: Richard Loving (ed.), Comparative Wordlists I. 5–116. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG. (Rearranged version of Franklin ed. 1973: 541–592) with typographical errors.)
References
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 22nd ed. Dallas: SIL International. 2019.