Anuta

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A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3
aud
Alternate Names
Anutan, Te Taranga Pakaanuta, te taranga paka-Anuta
User Population

270 (1999 SIL).

Location

Temotu province: Anuta island.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

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, Futunic
Language Use

Elderly only. Shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Anuta
Writing

Latin script [Latn].