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Enga language

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Native to
  
Native speakers
  
230,000 (2000 census)

Glottolog
  
enga1252

Region
  
ISO 639-3
  
enq

Language family
  
Trans–New GuineaEnganNorth EnganEnga

Enga is a language of the East New Guinea Highlands spoken by a quarter-million people in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It has the largest number of speakers of any native language in New Guinea, and is second over all after Papuan Malay.

An Enga-based pidgin is used by speakers of Arafundi languages.

References

Enga language Wikipedia


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