ISO 639-3 · mpompo
Austronesian family
Miu
Miu is a language of the Pasismanua branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mpo- Glottocode
miuu1237- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- Wikipedia
- 6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
12levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Miu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Miu language |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Miu
The branches above Miu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch634Nuclear Malayo-Polynesianbranch579Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch470Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch438Oceanicbranch174Western Oceanicbranch65North New Guineabranch19Ngero–Vitiazbranch5Southwest New Britainbranch5Arawe-Pasismanuabranch5PasismanuabranchmpoMiulanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Papua New Guinea
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationaltpiTok Pisinunclassified · 4.1 m1 · NationalenqEngaTrans–New Guinea · 230,0005 · DevelopinghmoHiri MotuAustronesian · 120,0003 · Wider CommunicationksdTolaiAustronesian · 81,0003 · Wider CommunicationmeuMotuAustronesian · 39,0005 · DevelopingazrAdzeraAustronesian · 30,0004 · EducationalsnpSianeunclassified · 29,0005 · DevelopingagdAgarabiunclassified · 27,0006a · VigorousgahAlekanoTrans–New Guinea · 25,0007 · Shifting