Orokaiva language

Orokaiva
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Oro Province
Ethnicity	Orokaiva
Native speakers	47,000 (2000 census – 2007)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Binanderean Orokaiva; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; okv – Orokaiva; hkk – Hunjara; aez – Aeka
Glottolog	orok1268
IETF	okv[2]

Orokaiva is a Papuan language spoken in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea.

Varieties

Orokaiva is spoken in 200 villages around Popondetta in Oro Province.

Hunjara is spoken in Kokoda Rural LLG of Oro Province.

Aeka is spoken in Tamata Rural LLG of Oro Province.[3]

Orokaiva at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hunjara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Aeka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
"Orokaiva". IANA language subtag registry. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

Humotepain-Ari te Giu, Prayers and Offices in Orokaiva (1953) Digitized by Richard Mammana
"Orokaiva Phonology and Orthography" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-07-10. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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