Uruava language

Uruava
Uruava
Region	Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Extinct	since the 1950s
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian Northwest Solomonic Mono–Uruavan Uruava; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	urv
Glottolog	urua1242
ELP	Uruava
	Uruava is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Last updated June 30, 2025

Uruava is an extinct Austronesian language formerly spoken in southeast Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

The language was spoken around Arawa. It was recorded shortly before its speakers shifted to the non-Austronesian Nasioi language.^[2]

References

↑ Christopher Moseley; Alexandre Nicolas (2010). "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". UNESCO . p. 219. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
↑ Spriggs, Matthew (2005). "Bougainville's early history: an archaeological perspective". In Regan, Anthony; Griffin, Helga-Maria (eds.). Bougainville Before the Conflict. Stranger Journalism. p. 17. ISBN 9781740761383.

Rausch, J. (1912). "Die Sprache von Südost Bougainville, Deutsche Salomoninsel". Anthropos (in German). 7.

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[1] Christopher Moseley; Alexandre Nicolas (2010). "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". UNESCO . p. 219. Retrieved 2024-12-14.

[2] Spriggs, Matthew (2005). "Bougainville's early history: an archaeological perspective". In Regan, Anthony; Griffin, Helga-Maria (eds.). Bougainville Before the Conflict. Stranger Journalism. p. 17. ISBN 9781740761383.

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