Barok | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: bjk
Alternate Names: Kanalu, Kanapit, Kolube, Komalu, Kulubi
Autonym: Barok
Population: 2,740 (Du 2010). 1,000 Usen (Du 2010), 1,740 Nabo (2000 census). Ethnic population: 7,000 (Du 2010).
Location:: New Ireland province: south central, east and west coasts. 15 villages.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, Madak
Dialects: Usen, Nabo.
Typology: SVO; Nominative-Accusative; Verbal affixation marks tense, aspect, modality, and negation; 15 Consonants, 12 Vowels (Du 2010).
Language Use: Private conversations among fluent speakers (Du 2010). Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Du 2010). Many also use English [eng], especially young people (Du 2010).
Language Development: Taught in primary schools. NT: 2017.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Barok
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: New Ireland province: south central, east and west coasts. 15 villages.