Boiken (Nucum, Yangoru) is one of the more populous of the

Ndu languages The Ndu languages are the best known language family, family of the Sepik languages of East Sepik Province in northern Papua New Guinea. ''Ndu'' is the word for 'man' in the languages that make up this group. The languages were first identified as ...

Sepik River The Sepik () is the longest river on the island of New Guinea, and the second largest in Oceania by discharge volume after the Fly River. The majority of the river flows through the Papua New Guinea (PNG) provinces of Sandaun (formerly West Se ...

region of northern

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. It is spoken around

Boiken Creek Boiken Creek is a creek in northern Papua New Guinea. Boiken Creekin Geonames.org (cc-by) post updated 1994-01-06; database downloaded 2015-06-22 See also * List of rivers of Papua New Guinea *Boiken language Boiken (Nucum, Yangoru) is one of ...

Yangoru-Saussia District Yangoru-Saussia District is a district of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the six administrative districts that make up the province. See also *Districts of Papua New Guinea This page is a list of districts of Papua New ...

East Sepik Province East Sepik is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Wewak. East Sepik has an estimated population of 433,481 people (2010 census) and is 43,426 km square in size. History Cherubim Dambui was appointed as East Sepik's first premier ...

and adjacent islands off the north coast of northern Papua New Guinea.

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* Paradisec houses two collections of

Arthur Capell Arthur Capell (28 March 1902 – 10 August 1986) was an Australian linguist, who made major contributions to the study of Australian languages, Austronesian languages and Papuan languages. Early life Capell was born in Newtown, New South Wale ...

's materials that include Boiken
AC1
an
AC2
as well as notes from Don Laycock's work
DL2
all of these collections are open access. Languages of East Sepik Province Ndu languages {{papuan-lang-stub