Asumboa

A language of Solomon Islands

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Asumbua, Asumuo

Population

10 (1999 SIL).

Location

Temotu Province, Utupua island, Asumbuo village.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification

Typology

SVO

Language Use

Shifting to Amba [utp] (2007). Also use Amba [utp], Tanibili [tbe] or Solomon Pijin [pis].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%–30%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.

Language Resources