Onobasulu

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
onn
Alternate Names
Onabasulu
Autonym
Onobasulu
User Population

1,200, all users. L1 users: 1,000 (2010 SIL). L2 users: 200. 350 monolinguals (2001 UNESCO).

Location

Hela and Southern Highlands provinces: midway between Mount Sisa and Mount Bosavi.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Bosavi
Typology

SOV.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. Oral and written use in preschool and adult literacy. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Edolo [etr]. Also use English [eng]. Also use Huli [hui]. Also use Kaluli [bco]. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Edolo [etr].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 43%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. 300 can read it, 200 can write it. Literature. Bible portions: 1996–2017.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Onobasulu
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.