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Teop language

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Native to
  
Native speakers
  
(5,000 cited 1991)

Glottolog
  
teop1238

Region
  
ISO 639-3
  
tio

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicWesternMeso-MelanesianNorthwest SolomonicNehan–BougainvilleSaposa–TinputzTeop

Teop is a language of northern Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It falls within the Oceanic languages, a subgrouping of the Austronesian language family. According to Malcolm Ross, Teop belongs to the Nehan-Bougainville family of languages, part of the Northwest Solomonic group of the Meso-Melanesian cluster within the Oceanic languages. Its closest relative is Saposa.

References

Teop language Wikipedia


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