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ISO 639-3 · wnuwnu
Trans–New Guinea family

Usan

Usan is a language of the Numugen branch (Trans–New Guinea), spoken in Papua New Guinea.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
wnu
Glottocode
usan1239
Wikipedia
5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameUsan
Also calledUsan language

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Trans–New Guinea to Usan

The branches above Usan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

212Trans–New Guineafamily44Madangbranch25Croisillesbranch6NumugenbranchwnuUsanlanguage
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