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'''Teop''' is a language of northern [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]], [[Papua New Guinea]]. It falls within the [[Oceanic languages]], a subgrouping of the [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] language family. According to [[Malcolm Ross (linguist)|Malcolm Ross]],<ref name="dobes_ROSS">{{cite web|url=http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/teop|title=DOBES: Documentation of Endangered Languages (Dokumentation Bedrohte Sprachen)|accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref> Teop belongs to the [[Nehan-Bougainville languages|Nehan-Bougainville]] family of languages, part of the Northwest Solomonic group of the Meso-Melanesian cluster within the Oceanic languages. Its closest relative is Saposa.
'''Teop''' is a language of northern [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]], [[Papua New Guinea]]. It falls within the [[Oceanic languages]], a subgrouping of the [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]] language family. According to [[Malcolm Ross (linguist)|Malcolm Ross]],<ref name="dobes_ROSS">{{cite web|url=http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/teop|title=DOBES: Documentation of Endangered Languages (Dokumentation Bedrohte Sprachen)|accessdate=21 January 2012}}</ref> Teop belongs to the [[Nehan-Bougainville languages|Nehan-Bougainville]] family of languages, part of the Northwest Solomonic group of the Meso-Melanesian cluster within the Oceanic languages. Its closest relative is Saposa.



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Teop
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBougainville
Native speakers
(5,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tio
ELPTeop

Teop is a language of northern Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. It falls within the Oceanic languages, a subgrouping of the Austronesian language family. According to Malcolm Ross,[2] Teop belongs to the Nehan-Bougainville family of languages, part of the Northwest Solomonic group of the Meso-Melanesian cluster within the Oceanic languages. Its closest relative is Saposa.

References

  1. ^ Teop at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "DOBES: Documentation of Endangered Languages (Dokumentation Bedrohte Sprachen)". Retrieved 21 January 2012.