Sulka language

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Sulka
RegionNew Britain
Native speakers
(2,500 cited 1991)[1]
uncertain
Language codes
ISO 639-3sua
Glottologsulk1246[2]

Sulka is a possible language isolate scattered across the eastern end of New Britain island, Papua New Guinea. There are about 3000 speakers.

Sulka is very poorly attested. There is some evidence that it might be related to Kol or Baining.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Sulka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sulka". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.