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Kol (Papua New Guinea) language

Kol (Papua New Guinea) (ISO 639-3 code kol) is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea. It has about 4,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codekol
Glottocodekolp1236
FamilyIsolate (no known relatives)
AreaPapunesia
CountriesPapua New Guinea
Speakers (estimate)4,000
EndangermentThreatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

More about Kol (Papua New Guinea)

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.