Spoken L1 Language: Suau
- AES status:
- not endangered
- Source:
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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.