Papapana language

{{Short description|Oceanic language spoken on Bougainville}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Papapana

|altname=

|nativename=

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Bougainville

|speakers=120

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Oceanic

|fam4=Western

|fam5=Meso-Melanesian

|fam6=Northwest Solomonic

|fam7=Nehan–Bougainville

|map2=Lang Status 60-DE.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Papapana is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=ppn

|glotto=papa1265

|glottorefname=Papapana

}}

Papapana is an Austronesian language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite thesis |last=Smith |first=Ellen Louise |title=A Grammar of Papapana with an Investigation into Language Contact and Endangerment |date=2015 |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Newcastle |hdl=1959.13/1059853 |hdl-access=free |language=en}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Smith-Dennis |first=Ellen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COsUEAAAQBAJ |title=A Grammar of Papapana: An Oceanic Language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea |date=2020 |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |isbn=978-1-5015-0997-1 |series=Pacific Linguistics 659 |location=Boston |language=en |doi=10.1515/9781501509971}}

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