Usan language

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Usan
Wanuma
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Native speakers
(1,400 cited 1991) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 wnu
Glottolog usan1239

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References

  1. Usan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)