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Papuan Gulf language of Papua New Guinea ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Ikobi
Mena
RegionPapua New Guinea
Native speakers1,600 (2009)
Language familyPapuan Gulf ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3meb
Glottologikob1240

Ikobi, or Ikobi-Mena after its two varieties, is a Papuan language, or pair of languages, of Papua New Guinea. Wurm and Hattori (1981) treat the two varieties, Ikobi and Mena, as distinct languages, but Ethnologue 16 judges them to be one.

References

  1. Ikobi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Papuan language families
(Palmer 2018 classification)
Trans-New Guinea
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Central Papua, Indonesia
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Sepik-Ramu basin
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Gulf of Papua and southern New Guinea
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Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands
families and isolates
Rossel Island
isolate
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Languages of Papua New Guinea
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Angan
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New Ireland
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East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
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Tirio
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