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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
'''Kukʉp''' /kukʉp/ is the native language of the Pineti, a Shunfoh culture that exists primarily at sea. The modern form is an Kukʉp-based Shunfoh | '''Kukʉp''' /kukʉp/ is the native language of the Pineti, a Shunfoh culture that exists primarily at sea. The modern form is an Kukʉp-based Shunfoh utyhuflone, heavily saturated with Ongo vocabulary, but also influenced by Buw, Vasále, and Richi. Although Kukʉp is spoken by almost 117,000 people world wide, less than 31,000 of them are native speakers, as the language has found great popularity being used in trade over the last three decades. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== |
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