Mungkip

MPV

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Munkip

Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to Uri ,.

Genealogy:

Trans-New Guinea
Finisterre-Huon
Finisterre
Erap

Demographics: 12 (2006 SIL). Ethnic population: 670 (2006 SIL).

Language Use: 1 family, 4 older adults. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi], Uri [uvh].

Language Development: Literacy is in Tok Pidgin [tpi]; primary instruction in Uri [uvh].

Typology: SOV; numerals and adjectives after head nouns.

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea