Alternate Names: Apalik, Palik
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 90% with neighboring villages; 64% with Aiklep , (most similar).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,200 (2000 census).
Language Use: Not endangered (2000 D. Tryon). All ages. L1 of children. Positive attitudes. Tok Pisin [tpi] increasing going from west to east in the language area. Widespread bilingualism in Tok Pisin reported. Also use Aiklep [mwg], Akolet [akt].
Language Development: Taught in primary schools.
Typology: SVO.
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Christian (Roman Catholic).