Tokano language

{{short description|Trans–New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Tokano

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Lower Asaro Rural LLG, Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province

|speakers=6,000

|date=1982

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea

|fam2=Kainantu–Goroka

|fam3=Goroka

|fam4=Gahuku

|dia1= Lower Asaro

|dia2= Zuhuzuho

|script=Latin

|iso3 = zuh

|glotto=toka1244

|glottorefname=Tokano

}}

Tokano is a Trans–New Guinea language spoken by approximately 6,000 people in Lower Asaro Rural LLG, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. It is also known as Gamuso, Tokama, Yufiyufa, Zaka, Zuhozuho, and Zuhuzuho.

There are currently few publications. A collection of folk tales translated by John Guhise was produced by SIL in 1977,[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_work.asp?id=17777 SIL Bibliography: Heluno gamoze].[http://www.language-archives.org/language/zuh OLAC resources in and about the Tokano language], at the Open Language Archives. and there are also portions of the Bible available in Tokano.

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