Au
PrintA language of Papua New Guinea
ISO 639-3
Population
8,000 (2000 census). 20% monolingual.
Location
Sandaun Province, Lumi district, Torricelli mountain foothills. 19 villages.
Language Maps
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Typology
SVO; extensive agreement system
Language Use
Some also use Tok Pisin [tpi].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 1982.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.