Asumboa

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
aua
Alternate Names
Asubuo, Asumbua, Asumuo
User Population

10 (1999 SIL).

Location

Temotu province: Utupua island, Asumbuo village.

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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].