Safeyoka language

Safeyoka
Ampale
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Native speakers
(2,390 cited 1980 census)[1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3apz
Glottologsafe1240

Safeyoka, or Ampale, is an Angan language of Papua New Guinea. Other names of this language include Ambari, Ampeeli, Ampeeli-Wojokeso, and Ampele.[2] According to a 1980 census, there were around 2,390 native speakers.[2] Commonly known as Ampale, the dialect is called Wojokeso. Speakers of Ampale range from the Waffa River to the Banir River, which is located in the northern part of Papua New Guinea.[3] The Wojokeso dialect is spoken by people who live in five villages where multiple districts, the Kaiapit, Mumeng and Menyama come together in the Morobe Province.[4]

  1. ^ Safeyoka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Safeyoka". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. ^ Franklin, Karl J. (Karl James) (1973). The linguistic situation in the Gulf District and adjacent areas, Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 0858831007. OCLC 1288732.
  4. ^ Angan languages are different : four phonologies. Healey, Phyllis M. Huntington Beach, Calif.: Summer Institute of Linguistics. 1981. ISBN 088312212X. OCLC 8619473.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)