WNU ISO 639-3
Usan
Usan Autonym
A language of Papua New Guinea
- ISO 639
- wnu
- Alternate Names
- Wanuma
- Autonym
- Usan
- Population
- 1,400 (1991 SIL).
- Location:
- Madang province: Madang district, 65 km northwest of Madang.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Trans-New Guinea, Madang, Croisilles, Pihom, Numugenan
- Typology
- SOV.
- Language Use
- Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Reesink 1990). Used as L2 by Musar [mmi].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. NT: 2001.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Usan
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Madang province: Madang district, 65 km northwest of Madang.
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