Sursurunga

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
sgz
Autonym
Sursurunga
User Population

5,000 (Benroi et al 2018).

Location

New Ireland province: Namatanai district.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Patpatar-Tolai
Dialects

Surkutus.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Benroi et al 2018).

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Dictionary. NT: 2009.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sursurunga
Writing

Latin script [Latn].