Ankave or Angave is a Papuan language spoken by the approximately 1,500 (as of 2014[update])[1] Angave people in Kerema District, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.
In 1987, Ankave had approximately 1,600 speakers.
In a 2014 estimate, however, Ankave only had about 1,500 speakers.
Diphthongs: /iɑ eɑ ɑi oɑ/ An orthography using the Latin script has been developed for Angave, but less than 5% of its speakers are literate.
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