Wuvulu-Aua language

Wuvulu-Aua
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Wuvulu and Aua Islands, Manus Province
Native speakers	1,500 (2004)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Admiralty Islands Western Admiralty Islands Wuvulu-Aua
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`wuv`
Glottolog	`wuvu1239`^[2]

The Wuvulu-Aua language is one of three Western Admiralty Islands languages, the other two being Seimat and the extinct Kaniet. The language is spoken on Wuvulu and Aua Islands by approximately 1500 people in the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.^[1]

References

1 2 "Organized Phonology Data - Wuvula-Aua Language - Manus Province" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Wuvulu-Aua". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Blust, Robert. 2008. A reanalysis of Wuvulu Phonology. Oceanic Linguistics 47: 275-293.

Admiralty Islands languages

Manus

Western	Bipi Hermit Khehek Likum Mondropolon Nyindrou Sori-Harengan Tulu-Bohuai

Intermediate	Loniu Mokerang Pak-Tong

Eastern	Andra-Hus Elu Ere Kele Kurti Koro Leipon Lele Nali Papitalai Ponam Titan

Southeast

Western

Other

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