SGZ ISO 639-3
Sursurunga
Sursurunga Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- sgz
- Autonym
- Sursurunga
- Population
- 5,000 (Benroi et al 2018).
- Location:
- New Ireland province: Namatanai district.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Patpatar-Tolai
- Dialects
- Surkutus.
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Benroi et al 2018).
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Schools are still teaching in vernacular for the first three years. Dictionary. NT: 2009.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Sursurunga
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: New Ireland province: Namatanai district.
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