Suau language
| Suau | |
|---|---|
| Iou | |
| Region | Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | (6,800 cited 1981)[1] L2 speakers: 14,000[2] (no date)[3] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | swp |
| Glottolog | suau1242 |
Suau, also known as Iou, is an Oceanic language spoken on the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea.
External links
- Ekalesia Bukana (1895), Anglican Morning Prayer in Suau, digitized by Richard Mammana
References
- ^ Suau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 14,000 as a lingua franca; perhaps this is the total number
- ^ Suau language at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).
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