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Kilivila language

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Native to
  
Papua New Guinea

Native speakers
  
20,000 (2000)

Glottolog
  
kili1267

Region
  
Trobriand Islands

ISO 639-3
  
kij

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Kilivila–Misima Kilivila languages Kilivila

Kilivila (Kiriwina) is one of the Kilivila–Louisiades languages (of the Austronesian language family), spoken in the Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea). It is used in local schools.

References

Kilivila language Wikipedia