Niksek language

{{Short description|Sepik language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Niksek

|nativename=

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=East Sepik Province

|coordinates={{coord|-4.696824|142.538469|type:city_region:PG_source:enwiki|name=Niksek|display=inline,title}}

|ethnicity=

|speakers=930

|date=2003

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Sepik

|fam2=Sepik Hill

|fam3=Southwest

|dia1=Paka

|dia2=Gabiano

|iso3=gbe

|glotto=niks1238

|glottorefname=Niksek

}}

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 ({{coord|-4.696824|142.538469|type:city_region:PG|name=Niksek}}) of Niksek/Paka ward in Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG, East Sepik Province.{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}