Tokano is a
Trans–New Guinea language spoken by approximately 6,000 people in
Lower Asaro Rural LLG
Lower Asaro Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half ...
,
Eastern Highlands Province
Eastern Highlands is a highlands province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Goroka. The province covers an area of 11,157 km2, and has a population of 579,825 (2011 census). The province shares a common administrative boundary w ...
,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. It is also known as ''Gamuso, Tokama, Yufiyufa, Zaka, Zuhozuho,'' and ''Zuhuzuho''.
There are currently few publications. A collection of
folk tales translated by John Guhise was produced by
SIL in 1977,
OLAC resources in and about the Tokano language
at the Open Language Archives. and there are also portions of the Bible
The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally writt ...
available in Tokano.
References
External links
Open Language Archives
Kainantu–Goroka languages
Languages of Eastern Highlands Province
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