Trans-New Guinea family
Enga
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Enga (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Trans-New Guinea language. Lineage: Proto-Trans-New Guinea → Enga.
See Enga on the interactive map- Speakers
- 230K (230,000)
- ISO 639-3
- enq
- Glottocode
- enga1252
Engan branch; the largest language of the Papua New Guinea Highlands by speakers. Start date is nominal.
Lineage
- Proto-Trans-New Guineac. 5,000 BCE – 4,000 BCE
- Engac. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 2
Also descended from Proto-Trans-New Guinea.