ISO 639-3 · rooroo
North Bougainville family
Rotokas
Rotokas is a language of the North Bougainville branch, spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata counts about 4,320 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “East Papuan language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
roo- Glottocode
roto1249- Family
- North Bougainville
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 34 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Rotokas |
|---|---|
| Also called | Rotokas language |
| All speakers | 4,320 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
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 North Bougainville to Rotokas
The branches above Rotokas, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
4North BougainvillefamilyrooRotokaslanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
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