Suena language

Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea
Suena
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMorobe Province
Native speakers
3,600 (2000)[1]
Language family
Trans–New Guinea
  • Binanderean
    • Suena
Dialects
  • Yarawi
Language codes
ISO 639-3sue
Glottologsuen1241
ELPSuena
Suena is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Suena is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Binanderean family of the Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages.

The Yarawi people spoke Suena during most of the 20th century, but may have switched to Binandere.

References

  1. ^ Suena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

  • "A Selective Word List in Ten Different Binadere Languages" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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Official languages
Major Indigenous
languagesOther Papuan
languages
Angan
Awin–Pa
Binanderean
Bosavi
Chimbu–Wahgi
New Ireland
Duna–Pogaya
East Kutubuan
East Strickland
Engan
Eleman
Ok–Oksapmin
Teberan
Tirio
Turama–Kikorian
Larger families
Sign languages

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