PNG Languages

 Papua New Guinea. 6,070,000. Papuan 78%, Melanesian 20%. National or official languages: Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, English. 600 islands. Literacy rate: 32%–43%. Also includes Chinese, and languages of the Philippines and India. Information mainly from J. Anceaux 1961; L. Carrington 1996; K. Franklin 1968; A. Healey 1964; B. Hooley 1971; B. Hooley and K. McElhanon 1970; K. McElhanon 1970, 1978; M. Ross 1988; G. Sankoff 1968; R. Shaw 1973, 1981; SIL 1971-2008; S. Wurm and S. Hattori 1981; J. Z’Graggen 1969, 1971, 1975. Blind population: 12,500. The number of individual languages listed for Papua New Guinea is 841. Of those, 830 are living languages and 11 have no known speakers.

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