Sulka

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
sua
Alternate Names
Moglon
Autonym
Sulka
User Population

3,500 (Reesink 2005).

Location

East New Britain province: East Pomio district, Wide Bay coast.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Language isolate
Dialects

A dialect chain.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Some also use Mengen [mee]. Some also use Tomoip [tqp].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. NT: 1997.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sulka
Writing

Latin script [Latn].