ISO 639-3 · enqenq
Trans–New Guinea family
Enga
Enga is a language of the Engan branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata counts about 230,000 speakers (2000). Wikidata describes it as “language of Enga Province”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
enq- Glottocode
enga1252- Family
- Trans–New Guinea
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Enga |
|---|---|
| All speakers | 230,000 (2000) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Trans–New Guinea to Enga
The branches above Enga, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalhmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · ShiftingygrYagariaTrans–New Guinea · 21,0005 · Developing