Tenis language
Moribund Austronesian language of northeast Papua New Guinea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tenis, or Tench, is the nearly extinct language of Tench Island in the St Matthias Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago.
| Tenis | |
|---|---|
| Tench | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Tench Island (New Ireland Province) |
Native speakers | (30 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tns |
| Glottolog | teni1244 |
| ELP | Tenis |
 Tench is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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