Torau

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names

Rorovana

User Population

2,000 (Jepson 2014).

Bougainville province: southeast coast, north of Kieta.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 13

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Mono-Uruava

Use has declined. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Naasioi [nas], Papapana [ppn].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Torau

Latin script [Latn].

Fairly acculturated.