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ISO 639-3 · svbsvb
Austronesian family

Ulau-Suain

Ulau-Suain is a language of the Siau branch (Austronesian), spoken in Papua New Guinea. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language in Papua New Guinea”.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
svb
Glottocode
ulau1237
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameUlau-Suain
Also calledUlau-Suain language

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Austronesian to Ulau-Suain

The branches above Ulau-Suain, 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 Guineabranch14Schoutenbranch4SiaubranchsvbUlau-Suainlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Papua New Guinea630 languages in the index

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