Niksek

Facts

  • Language: Niksek
  • Alternate names: Meiyari, Sumwari, Setiali, Paka, Gabiano
  • Language code: gbe
  • Language family: Sepik, Sepik Hill, Sanio (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 300
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script:

More information:

    Limited comprehension of oral or written Tok Pisin (See: [[Tok Pisin]]).

    Laycock (1973) mentions three potentially separate languages: Setiali, Paka, and Gabiano. There is very little data on any of these, however, but they are likely all dialects of a single language (Conrad and Lewis 1988).