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TQP ISO 639-3

Tomoip

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639
tqp
Alternate Names
Tomoive, Tomoyp, Tumie, Tumuip
Population
2,000 (2002 SIL).
Location:
East New Britain province: Pomio district, Waterfall Bay to Wide Bay and interior; West New Britain province: Talasea district, inland from Open bay, small border area.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, Tomoip
Language Use
Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Sulka [sua].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tomoip
Writing
Latin script [Latn], used since 2002.

Also Spoken in

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Location: East New Britain province: Pomio district, Waterfall Bay to Wide Bay and interior; West New Britain province: Talasea district, inland from Open bay, small border area.