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Where is Tokano spoken?

Tokano is a Nuclear Trans New Guinea language, spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

Atlantic-Congo
Austronesian
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic
Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Otomanguean
Austroasiatic
Tai-Kadai
Pama-Nyungan

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Where Tokano is spoken

Tokano is spoken in one country: Papua New Guinea.

Country
Papua New Guinea

Tokano has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Tokano?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Tokano sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Tokano as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Nuclear Trans New Guinea
Kainantu-Goroka
Goroka
Nuclear Goroka
Gahuku
Tokano

Related languages

Other languages in the Gahuku group:

Alekano (25,000 speakers)
Dano

More about Tokano

Codes: ISO 639-3 zuh, Glottolog toka1244. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Tokano

Where is Tokano spoken?

Tokano is spoken in Papua New Guinea. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Tokano in?

Glottolog places Tokano in the Nuclear Trans New Guinea family, in the branch Kainantu-Goroka, Goroka, Nuclear Goroka and Gahuku.