Niksek language

Niksek is a Sepik language of northern Papua New Guinea. The two dialects, Paka and Gabiano, are rather divergent. Niksek is spoken in Niksek village (4.696824°S 142.538469°E / -4.696824; 142.538469 (Niksek)) of Niksek/Paka ward in Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.[3]

Niksek
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province
Native speakers
930 (2003)[1]
Sepik
Dialects
  • Paka
  • Gabiano
Language codes
ISO 639-3gbe
Glottologniks1238
ELPNiksek[2]
Coordinates: 4.696824°S 142.538469°E / -4.696824; 142.538469 (Niksek)

References
  1. Niksek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Niksek.
  3. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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