Spoken L1 Language: Suau

Classification
Comments on subclassification

Russell E. Cooper 1975

Endangerment
AES status:
not endangered
Source:
David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
Comment:
Suau (swp-swp) = 3 (Wider communication). Spoken on the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea in Milne Bay province. Lingua franca in the 19th century. Used in trade, taro cultivation, hunting, housebuilding, literature, and church.
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