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A language of Papua New Guinea

User Population

670 (2000 census). Ethnic population: 670 (2000 census).

Location

Sandaun province: West Aitape LLG, Ramo village; south of Sera and Sissano coast.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Dialects

Oro Kuku-Oro Raumo, Oro Toma. Lexical similarity: 50%–59% with Bauni [bpe], 50%–56% with Bouni [suo].

Language Use

Vigorous. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Bauni [bpe] (Miller 2017). Also use English [eng] (Corris 2005). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Corris 2005). Used as L2 by Bauni [bpe].

Language Development

Bible portions: 2018.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].