ISO 639-3 · spssps
Austronesian family
Saposa
Saposa is a language of the Northwest Solomonic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sps- Glottocode
sapo1253- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Saposa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Saposa language |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Saposa
The branches above Saposa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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