Amele
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A language of Papua New Guinea
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Amale
Autonym
Amele
Population
5,300 (1987 SIL).
Location
Madang province: Madang district, hills up from Astrolabe bay, between Gum and Gogol rivers. 40 hamlets.
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Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Dialects
Typology
SOV.
Language Use
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Grammar. NT: 1997.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn].