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ISO 639-3 · kvckvc
Austronesian family

Kove

Kove is a language of the Ngero branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
kvc
Glottocode
kove1237
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameKove
Also calledKove language

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

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 Austronesian to Kove

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

1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch634Nuclear Malayo-Polynesianbranch579Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch470Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch438Oceanicbranch174Western Oceanicbranch65North New Guineabranch19Ngero–Vitiazbranch3NgerobranchkvcKovelanguage
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 · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting