Patpatar

GFK

developing

Alternate Names: Gelik, Patpari

Dialects: Hinsaal, Patpatar (Central Patpatar), Sokarek, Sokirik.

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Western Oceanic

Meso Melanesian

New Ireland

South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic

Patpatar-Tolai

Demographics: 7,000 (1998 SIL).

Language Use: All ages.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Taught in primary schools, when the teacher is a Patpatar speaker. NT: 1997.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea