Asumboa

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639: aua
Alternate Names: Asubuo, Asumbua, Asumuo
Population: 10 (1999 SIL).
Location:: Temotu province: Utupua island, Asumbuo village.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Temotu, Utupua-Vanikoro, Utupua
Typology: SVO.
Language Use: Shifted to Amba [utp] (Wurm 2007). Also use Pijin [pis]. Also use Tanibili [tbe].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Asumboa
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Temotu province: Utupua island, Asumbuo village.