Sialum language

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Sialum
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Huon Peninsula
Ethnicity1,000 (2000) [1]
Native speakers
400 (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 slw
Glottolog sial1240

Sialum is a Papuan language of Sialum Rural LLG ( 6°05′39″S147°36′12″E / 6.094271°S 147.603382°E / -6.094271; 147.603382 (Sialum Govt. Station) ), Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sialum at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg