Terei

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Buin, Kugara, Telei

Puuiŋ, Terei

26,500 (2003 SIL).

Bougainville province: Buin district.

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5 (Developing).

None known. Reportedly most similar to Uisai [uis].

Used by all. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Evans and Palmer 2011). Used as L2 by Naasioi [nas], Papapana [ppn].

Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Dictionary. Texts. Bible portions: 1973–2007.

Latin script [Latn].