Alternate Names: Tench
Genealogy:
Demographics: 30 (Wurm 2000), decreasing.
Language Use: Seriously endangered (2000 D. Tryon; 2000 S. Wurm). Shifting to Mussau-Emira [emi] and Tok Pisin [tpi]. Very few claim to speak Tenis well. Marriages largely cross-linguistic. Children in Kavieng tend not to learn Tenis. Highly bilingual in Mussau-Emira [emi] (Wurm 2007). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Christian.