Rotokas | Ethnologue

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: roo
Alternate Names: Asiagao reo
Autonym: Rotokas reo
Population: 11,600 (2000 SIL).
Location:: Bougainville province: Central Bougainville district, central mountains. 28 villages.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: North Bougainville, Rotokas
Dialects: Pipipaia, Aita, Atsilima.
Typology: SOV.
Language Use: In the more remote villages all children speak the language, but in villages and around Wakunai Station, not all children speak it (Robinson, S. 2011). Some young people, all adults. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Robinson, S. 2011). Some also use English [eng] (Robinson, S. 2011). Used as L2 by Papapana [ppn].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1982.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Rotokas
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Bougainville province: Central Bougainville district, central mountains. 28 villages.