Sengseng

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
ssz
Alternate Names
Asengseng
User Population

1,750 (2003 SIL).

Location

West New Britain province: southwest interior.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Southwest New Britain, Arawe-Pasismanua, Pasismanua
Dialects

Senseng treated as a dialect of Kaulong [pss] by Wurm and Hattori.

Language Use

Not endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Some young people, all adults. Just over half the children learning the language (Wurm 2007). Used as L2 by Ambul [apo].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 30%. NT: 2006.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sengseng
Writing

Latin script [Latn].