Edolo language explained

Edolo
Region:	Papua New Guinea
Ethnicity:	Etoro people
Date:	2000 census
Familycolor:	Papuan
Fam1:	Trans–New Guinea
Fam2:	Bosavi
Fam3:	Beami–Edolo
Iso3:	etr
Glotto:	edol1239
Glottorefname:	Edolo

Edolo (Etoro) is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea, spoken by the Etoro people. As of 2015, there were 300 monolingual speakers. It is part of the Bosavi branch of the Trans–New Guinea language family.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Shaw, R.D. "The Bosavi language family". In Laycock, D., Seiler, W., Bruce, L., Chlenov, M., Shaw, R.D., Holzknecht, S., Scott, G., Nekitel, O., Wurm, S.A., Goldman, L. and Fingleton, J. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 24. A-70:45-76. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1986.
2. Book: Pawley . Andrew . Hammarström . Harald . Palmer . Bill . 2018 . The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide . The Trans New Guinea family . The World of Linguistics . 4 . Berlin . De Gruyter Mouton . 21–195 . 978-3-11-028642-7.