Alekano language
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alekano-language-257-4404059
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Alekano language
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Alekano, or Gahuku (Gahuku-Gama), is a Papuan language spoken in Gahuku Rural LLG of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. There are about 25,000 speakers. Alekano is also known as Gahuku, after the name of the largest clan of speakers, or Gama, after the second largest clan. Calling the language by these names has been rejected by speakers who are not members of these clans. Alekano was proposed as a suitable new name by the linguist Ellis Deibler, and it might be considered the officia
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Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alekano_language
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2024-03-23T23:45:27Z
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