Kove

Facts

  • Language: Kove
  • Alternate names: Kaliai-Kove, "Kombe"
  • Language code: kvc; kove1237
  • Language family: Austronesian; Malayo-Polynesian; Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian; Oceanic; Western Melanesian Oceanic; North New Guinea; Ngero/Vitiaz; Ngero (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: Fewer than 9,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script:

More information:

    Sometimes listed as Kaliai-Kove, but Kaliai (now called Lusi) is a separate language spoken next Kove.