Ontenu language

Ontenu
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Eastern Highlands Province
Native speakers	3,000 (1996)^[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Kainantu–Goroka Kainantu Gauwa Ontenu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ont`
Glottolog	(insufficiently attested or not a distinct language) `onte1239`^[2]

Ontenu is a purported Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.

References

↑ Ontenu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ontenu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Kainantu–Goroka languages

Goroka

Gahuku	Alekano Dano Tokano

Kamono–Yagaria	Abaga Inoke-Yate Kamono Kanite Ke’yagana Yagaria

Others	Benabena Fore Gende Gimi Isabi Siane Yaweyuha

Kainantu

Tairora	Binumarien Kambaira Tairoa Waffa

Gauwa	Agarabi Awa Awiyaana Gadsup Kosena Ontenu Oweina Usarufa

Other	Kenati

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