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{{for|the unsolved math problem | Kobon triangle problem}} {{Short description|Language of Papua New Guinea}} {{Infobox language | name = Kobon | nativename = | states = [[Papua New Guinea]] | region = [[Madang Province]], Middle Ramu District, and [[Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea|Western Highlands Province]] on [[Kaironk River]] in lower [[Jimi River]] area north of [[Mt. Hagen]] | speakers = 10,000 | date = 2007 | ref = e18 | speakers2 = 4,000 monolinguals (2007?)<!--appeared w this pop date--><ref name=e16>{{e16|kpw}}</ref> | familycolor = Papuan | fam1 = [[Trans–New Guinea]] | fam2 = [[Madang languages|Madang]] | fam3 = [[Rai Coast languages|Rai Coast–Kalam]] | fam4 = [[Kalam languages|Kalam]] | fam5 = Kalam–Kobon | iso3 = kpw | glotto = kobo1249 | glottorefname = Kobon | notice = IPA | pronunciation = {{IPA|[xombon], [k͡xombon], [kʰombon]}} | script = [[Latin script|Latin]] }} '''Kobon''' (pronounced {{IPA|[xombon]}}, {{IPA|[k͡xombon]}} or {{IPA|[kʰombon]}}) is a language of [[Papua New Guinea]]. It has somewhere around 90–120 verbs.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}} Kobon has a [[pandanus language]], spoken when harvesting [[karuka]].<ref name="Pawley">{{cite book |last1=Pawley |first1=Andrew |authorlink1=Andrew Pawley |editor1-last=Dutton |editor1-first=Tom E. |editor2-last=Ross |editor2-first=Malcolm |editor3-last=Tryon |editor3-first=Darrell |editor2-link=Malcolm Ross (linguist) |editor3-link=Darrell Tryon |title=The Language Game: Papers in Memory of Donald C. Laycock |date=1992 |publisher=Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University |location=Canberra |isbn=0-85883-400-6 |pages=313–334 |language=English |chapter=Kalam Pandanus Language: An Old New Guinea Experiment in Language Engineering |oclc=222981840 |series=Pacific Linguistics Series C |volume=110 |issn=0078-7558 |url=https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/145788 }}</ref>
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