Suauic languages
Encyclopedia
The half dozen Suauic languages form a group of Austronesian languages
in easternmost Papua New Guinea
.
The languages are Buhutu, 'Auhelawa
, Oya'oya, Saliba, Suau, Bwanabwana, and Wagawaga.
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia that are spoken by about 386 million people. It is on par with Indo-European, Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic and Uralic as one of the...
in easternmost Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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The languages are Buhutu, 'Auhelawa
'Auhelawa language
’Auhelawa is an Austronesian language spoken by about 1,200 people in Nuakata Island and the southeastern tip of Normanby Island in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.- ’Auhelawa examples :A: Auge, yauwedo. Haidova u lalau?...
, Oya'oya, Saliba, Suau, Bwanabwana, and Wagawaga.