Suena language
Suena is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Binanderean family of the Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages.
| Suena | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | 3,600 (2000)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sue |
| Glottolog | suen1241 |
| ELP | Suena |
 Suena is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The Yarawi people spoke Suena during most of the 20th century, but may have switched to Binandere.
References
- Suena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
External links
- "A Selective Word List in Ten Different Binadere Languages" (PDF).
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