Amto language

Amto language

language
name=Amto
familycolor=Papuan
states=Papua New Guinea
region=Sandaun Province
speakers=200 (2000)
fam1=Amto-Musan
iso3=amt

Amto (also known as Ki) is an Amto-Musan language spoken in Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea in the Amanab and Rocky Peak Districts, south of the Upper Sepik River, toward the headwarters of the Left May River on the Samaia River. There are two villages--Amto and Habiyon. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=amt Ethnologue entry for Amto]


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