KMU ISO 639-3
Kanite
Kanite Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- kmu
- Autonym
- Kanite
- Population
- 9,300 (2019 Wycliffe Bible Translators).
- Location:
- Eastern Highlands province: Okapa district.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Trans-New Guinea, Kainantu-Goroka, Gorokan, Kamano-Yagaria
- Dialects
- Kagufi. Reportedly similar to Keyagana [kyg] and Inoke-Yate [ino].
- Language Use
- Also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1980–2002.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kanite
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Eastern Highlands province: Okapa district.
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