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ISO 639-3 · gahgah
Trans–New Guinea family

Alekano

Alekano is a language of the Goroka branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata counts about 25,000 speakers (1999).

7 · Shifting25,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
gah
Glottocode
alek1238
Wikipedia
12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
7EGIDS level

Facts

NameAlekano
Also calledAlekano language
All speakers25,000 (1999)

Vitality

EGIDS 7 Shifting7

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Trans–New Guinea to Alekano

The branches above Alekano, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

212Trans–New Guineafamily11Kainantu–Gorokabranch4GorokabranchgahAlekanolanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

Also spoken in Papua New Guinea

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousygrYagariaTrans–New Guinea · 21,0005 · Developing