JKO ISO 639-3
Kubo
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- jko
- Population
- 500 (Dwyer and Minnegal 2007).
- Location:
- Western province: Lake Murray district, north half Upper Strickland census district, east of Strickland river, north of the Samo [smq] language area.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Trans-New Guinea, East Strickland
- Dialects
- None known. Related to Samo [smq] and Gebusi [goi].
- Language Use
- Neutral attitudes. Also use English [eng] (Minnegal and Dwyer 2017). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Minnegal and Dwyer 2017).
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 10%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–20%. 1 vernacular primary school. Bible portions: 1996–1999.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kubo
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Western province: Lake Murray district, north half Upper Strickland census district, east of Strickland river, north of the Samo [smq] language area.
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