Abaga language

Abaga
Abaga
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Ethnicity	150 (2011)
Native speakers	(5 cited 1994)
Language family	Trans–New Guinea ? Kainantu–Goroka Goroka Kamono–Yagaria Abaga; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abg
Glottolog	abag1245
ELP	Abaga

Abaga is a nearly extinct Trans–New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea. It appears to be related to Kamono and Yagaria.

The classification of Abaga is disputed. It may actually be a Kamano-Yagaria language, and not a Finisterre-Huon language with heavy influence as proposed before.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Abaga". Ethnologue. SIL International. 2015.
^ Tupper, Ian. 2007. Endangered Languages Listing: Abaga [abg]. http://www.pnglanguages.org/pacific/png/show_lang_entry.asp?id=abg

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[ethnologue-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Abaga". Ethnologue. SIL International. 2015.

[2] Tupper, Ian. 2007. Endangered Languages Listing: Abaga [abg]. http://www.pnglanguages.org/pacific/png/show_lang_entry.asp?id=abg

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