Alternate Names: “Kabana” (pej.)
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 72% with Kove ,, 76% with Lusi ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,380 (1998 SIL).
Language Use: All ages. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Amara [aie], Anem [anz].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 41% (adults). Literacy rate in L2: 83% (adults). Dictionary. NT: 2012.
Typology: SVO; prepositions, 14% of syllables are closed; morphologically less complex than most Austronesian languages.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: ‘Kabana’ is acceptable to the 3 eastern villages but offensive to most of the population.