Saposa language

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Saposa
Taiof
Fa Saposa
Native to Papua New Guinea
Regionbetween Buka Island and Bougainville
Native speakers
(1,400 cited 1998) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sps
Glottolog sapo1253

Saposa is an Austronesian language spoken on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Saposa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)