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Where is Nigilu spoken?

Nigilu is a Sepik language, spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Indo-European
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Where Nigilu is spoken

Nigilu is spoken in one country: Papua New Guinea.

Country
Papua New Guinea

Nigilu has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Nigilu?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Nearly extinct. Glottolog lists it as nearly extinct: only a few elderly speakers are left.

Where Nigilu sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Nigilu as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Sepik
Sepik Hill
Central-Eastern Sepik Hill
Central Sepik Hill
Bahinemic
Nigilu

Related languages

Other languages in the Bahinemic group:

More about Nigilu

Codes: Glottolog nigi1241. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Nigilu

Where is Nigilu spoken?

Nigilu is spoken in Papua New Guinea. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Nigilu in?

Glottolog places Nigilu in the Sepik family, in the branch Sepik Hill, Central-Eastern Sepik Hill, Central Sepik Hill and Bahinemic.