Usarufa

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A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3
usa
Alternate Names
Usurufa, Uturupa
Population

1,300 (1996 SIL).

Location

Eastern Highlands Province, Okapa district.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Trans-New Guinea, Kainantu-Goroka, Kainantu, Gadsup-Auyana-Awa
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1980.
Writing
Latin script.