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Preferred term

kclKela  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Kela is an Austronesian language spoken by about 2500 people (in 1997) in several villages along the south coast of the Huon Gulf between Salamaua Peninsula and the Paiawa River, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The principal villages are Keila/Kêla, Logui/Laugwêc, Laukanu, Lababia, Buso, and Kui. Linguistically, Kela belongs to the North Huon Gulf languages and Kela-speakers appear to have arrived on the southern coast of the Gulf relatively recently, beginning perhaps as late as the 17th century (Bradshaw 1997).

Entry terms

  • Kala
  • Kela language
  • Kela (Papua New Guinea)

ISO 639-3 code

  • kcl

Notation

  • kcl

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/kcl

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