Ipiko language

Ipiko (Epai, Higa, Ipikoi) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, the most divergent of the Inland Gulf languages. Despite being spoken by only a few hundred people, language use is vigorous. It is spoken in Ipiko (7.435678°S 144.876902°E / -7.435678; 144.876902 (Ipiko)) and Pahemuba (7.445341°S 144.848146°E / -7.445341; 144.848146 (Pakemba)) villages,[2] with Ipiko village being located in Amipoke ward, Baimuru Rural LLG, Kikori District, Gulf Province.[3][2]

Ipiko
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers
350 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ipo
Glottologipik1244
ELPIpiko

Bibliography
Word lists
  • Chance, Sydney H. 1926. Vocabulary of Ipikoi. British New Guinea Annual Report 1925–1926: 91–91.
  • Petterson, Robert. 1999. Rumu – English – Hiri-Motu Dictionary. Palmerston North, New Zealand: International Pacific College.
  • Z’graggen, John A. 1975. Comparative wordlists of the Gulf District and adjacent Areas. In: Richard Loving (ed.), Comparative Wordlists I. 5–116. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG. (Rearranged version of Franklin ed. 1973: 541–592) with typographical errors.)

References
  1. Ipiko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.


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