Papapana is an Austronesian language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

Papapana
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBougainville
Native speakers
120 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ppn
Glottologpapa1265
ELPPapapana
Papapana is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

References

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  1. ^ Papapana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

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  • Smith, Ellen Louise (2015). A Grammar of Papapana with an Investigation into Language Contact and Endangerment (PhD thesis). University of Newcastle. hdl:1959.13/1059853.
  • Smith-Dennis, Ellen (2020). A Grammar of Papapana: An Oceanic Language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Pacific Linguistics 659. Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9781501509971. ISBN 978-1-5015-0997-1.
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