Alekano
[aka Gahuku, Gafuku, Gahuku-Gama]Classification: Trans-New Guinea
·vulnerable
Classification: Trans-New Guinea
·vulnerable
Gahuku, Gafuku, Gahuku-Gama, Zo'maga |
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Trans-New Guinea, Kainantu-Goroka |
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Information from: “A Gahuku-Yaweyuha Comparative Grammar” (34) . Ellis W. Deibler (1976)
"I have worked in the Gahuku area since 1959 under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, and a fairly comprehensive description of that language is now in print (Deibler 1975)."
"Gahuku is the name most commonly used for the language spoken by some 7000 people in the area surrounding the town of Goroka."
Information from: “Dictionaries of Alekano - English and English - Alekano Compiled by Wanimapi” . Ellis W. Deibler (2008) Summer Institute of Linguistics
Tok Pisin
"Tok Pisin is used by almost everyone as a means of communication."
"Surrounding, but mostly to the north and northwest of, the town of Goroka in
the Eastern Highlands Province... There are some fifty villages within the Alekano area."