Rotokas language

Rotokas
rotokas
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionBougainville
Native speakers
(4,300 cited 1981)
North Bougainville
Dialects
  • Central
  • Pipipaia
  • Aita
  • Atsilima
Latin (Rotokas alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3roo
Glottologroto1249

Rotokas is a North Bougainville language spoken by about 4,320 people on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea.

Central Rotokas is most notable for its extremely small phonemic consonantal inventory, which lacks phonemic nasals.