Teop language explained

Teop
States:Papua New Guinea
Region:Bougainville
Speakers:5,000
Date:1991
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Western
Fam5:Meso-Melanesian
Fam6:Northwest Solomonic
Fam7:Nehan–Bougainville
Fam8:Saposa–Tinputz
Iso3:tio
Glotto:teop1238
Glottorefname:Teop

Teop is a language of northern Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It falls within the Oceanic languages, a subgrouping of the Austronesian language family. According to Malcolm Ross,[1] Teop belongs to the Nehan-Bougainville family of languages, part of the Northwest Solomonic group of the Meso-Melanesian cluster within the Oceanic languages. Its closest relative is Saposa.

References

  1. Web site: DOBES: Documentation of Endangered Languages (Dokumentation Bedrohte Sprachen). 21 January 2012.

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