Suau language

Suau
Suau
Iou
Region	Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	(6,800 cited 1981); L2 speakers: 14,000 (no date)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Papuan Tip Nuclear Suauic Suau; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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.

External links[]

Ekalesia Bukana (1895), Anglican Morning Prayer in Suau, digitized by Richard Mammana
Paradisec has a number of collections of Suau materials, including two collections of Arthur Cappell's (AC1, AC2).

References[]

^ Suau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
^ 14,000 as a lingua franca; perhaps this is the total number
^ Suau language at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).

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[e18-1] Suau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] 14,000 as a lingua franca; perhaps this is the total number

[e10-3] Suau language at Ethnologue (10th ed., 1984). Note: Data may come from the 9th edition (1978).

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