Patep

PTP

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Alternate Names: Ptep

Dialects: Dengalu. In Mumeng, group of related varieties. Some intelligibility of Gorakor , and Zenag ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
North New Guinea
Huon Gulf
South
Hote-Buang
Buang
Mumeng

Demographics: 1,700 (2003 SIL).

Language Use: Dengalu dialect is seriously endangered (2000 S. Wurm).

Language Development: Grammar. NT: 1986.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea