NUQ ISO 639-3
Nukumanu
Nukumanu Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- nuq
- Alternate Names
- Tasman
- Autonym
- Nukumanu
- Population
- 750 (2015 SIL).
- Location:
- Bougainville province: Atolls district, Nukumanu atoll.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, Samoic-Outlier, Ellicean
- Dialects
- Nukumanu. Tryon (2001) says distinct from Takuu [nho] (Nukuria) in Papua New Guinea and Ontong Java [ojv] in Solomon Islands. Speakers have contact with Luangiua.
- Language Use
- Not endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Used by all. Many also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Feinberg 2009). Also use English [eng] (Feinberg 2009).
- Language Development
- Taught in primary schools in grades 1–3. Videos. NT: 2013.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Nukumanu
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Bougainville province: Atolls district, Nukumanu atoll.
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