I'saka language

Isaka
Krisa
RegionSandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
420 (2003)[1]
Skou
  • Isaka
Language codes
ISO 639-3ksi
Glottologkris1246
ELPI'saka
Coordinates: 2°50′45″S 141°17′15″E / 2.845832°S 141.287516°E / -2.845832; 141.287516 (Krisa)
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Isaka (I’saka) is the language spoken by the people of the villages of Krisa (2°50′45″S 141°17′15″E / 2.845832°S 141.287516°E / -2.845832; 141.287516 (Krisa)) and Pasi in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It has also been referred to as Krisa, after the village, although this name is not actually a possible word in the language itself. The sole published source for the language is Donohue and San Roque (2004) (see references), although the authors of this have also Identified I’saka material in Donald Laycock's unpublished fieldnotes.

Isaka is spoken in Krisa and Pasi villages of Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.[2][3] I'saka presence on the coast is very recent, as they have settled in the coastal area only within the past few decades.[4]

  1. ^ Isaka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  4. ^ Donohue, Mark; Crowther, Melissa (2005). "Meeting in the middle: interaction in North-Central New Guinea". In Andrew Pawley; Robert Attenborough; Robin Hide; Jack Golson (eds.). Papuan pasts: cultural, linguistic and biological histories of Papuan-speaking peoples. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. pp. 167–184. ISBN 0-85883-562-2. OCLC 67292782.