Know the answers to the top four PNG language questions

Ever been unsure about these language facts? Here are the answers in a nutshell.

1. How many languages are there in Papua New Guinea? 852. 12 are dying and 840 are living languages. 1 is non-indigenous therefore PNG has 839 indigenous living languages. https://www.ethnologue.com/country/PG

2. What is the tok ples (vernacular language) with the largest number of speakers? Enga. It has approximately 300 000 speakers. http://pngboyd.blogspot.com/p/enga.html?m=1

3. What's an Austronesian and Non-Austronesian Language? An Austronesian language is related to other languages in the Pacific Islands Region while a Non-Austronesian language belongs to a group of languages that do not relate to other languages in the Pacific Islands or outside of that region. Their mother language or prototype or root cannot be found because they have been isolated for 40,000 years and have changed drastically. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/07/20/papua-new-guineas-incredible-linguistic-diversity. Enga is a Non-Austronesian language.

4. Which province has the highest number of languages in Papua New Guinea? Madang province. It has 103 languages according to The Ethnologue. https://www.ethnologue.com/subgroups/madang