Suau language

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Suau
Iou
Region Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
7,810 (2000 census) [1]
L2 speakers: 13,000 (2021) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 swp
Glottolog suau1242

Suau, also known as Iou, is an Oceanic language spoken in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 6,800 people and a further 14,000 as a lingua franca.

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Phonology

Consonant sounds
Labial Alveolar Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d g
Nasal m n
Fricative ( f ) s h
Lateral l
Glide w j
Vowel sounds
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

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References

  1. 1 2 Suau at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Cooper, Russell E. (1975). Coastal Suau: A preliminary study of internal relationships. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. p. 273.
  3. Ezard, Bryan; Lithgow, David. Suau Organised Phonology Data. SIL.