16th edition

US$ 100.00

Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Sursurunga

Sursurunga

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: sgz

Population	3,000 (1991 SIL).
Region	South central New Ireland Province, Namatanai District.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 2, reference number 45
Dialects	Surkutus.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Meso Melanesian, New Ireland, South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic, Patpatar-Tolai
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Bible portions: 1979–1987.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Sursurunga Organised Phonology Data.  

BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 1994. "Defending against grief on New Ireland: The place of mortuary feasting in Sursurunga society."

BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 1994. "Legitimacy, coercion, and leadership among the Sursurunga of southern New Ireland."

BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 1994. Matriliny and mortuary feasting among the Sursurunga of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 1995. "Matriliny and revisionist anthropology."

BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 1996. "Musings on matriliny: Understandings and social relations among the Sursurunga of New Ireland."

BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 1998. "Where is Claes Pietersz Bay? An episode in the history of the Sursurunga of New Ireland."

BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 2000. Mortuary feasting on New Ireland: the activation of Matriliny among the Sursurunga.

BOLYANATZ, Alexander H., author. 2010. "Does the use of money affect results in experimental games? Comparing cash and betel nut in dictator and ultimatum games on New Ireland."  

BUGENHAGEN, Robert D., author. 1993. "The semantics of irrealis in Austronesian languages of Papua New Guinea. A cross-linguistic study."

HUTCHISSON, Don, author. 1975. Sursurunga grammar essentials.  

HUTCHISSON, Don, author. 1977. Additional Sursurunga grammar notes.  

HUTCHISSON, Don, author. 1977. Sursurunga counting systems.  

HUTCHISSON, Don, author. 1984. Sursurunga psycholinguistic testing report.  

HUTCHISSON, Don, author. 1985. Sursurunga morphophonemics.  

HUTCHISSON, Don, author. 1986. "Sursurunga pronouns and the special uses of quadral number."

HUTCHISSON, Don, author. 1987. Verb serialization in Sursurunga.  

HUTCHISSON, Don, author. 1995. "Sursurunga conjunctive elements."

HUTCHISSON, Don, compiler. Created: 1974-1986. Sursurunga texts.  

HUTCHISSON, Don; HUTCHISSON, Sharon, authors. 1975. A preliminary phonology of Sursurunga.  

HUTCHISSON, Don; HUTCHISSON, Sharon, authors. 1985. An updated phonology of Sursurunga.  

KING, Phil, author. 2007. An Acoustic Description of Central Vowels in Three Austronesian Languages of New Ireland.  

LOVING, Richard, editor. 1975. Phonologies of five Austronesian languages.

MERRIFIELD, William R., author. 2001. Review of: Mortuary feasting on New Ireland: the activation of Matriliny among the Sursurunga, by Alexander H. Bolyanatz.

Vernacular Publications

Bos saksak suri lotu má bos kuir buk tabu: buk án aratintin; A Scripture use course book. 2008.

Pukpuksa sur Kande. 2007.

Tan táit án ani til Sursurunga. 1986.

Tan toltolom ololas til Sursurunga. 1986.

Worwor talas suri HIV má sasam AID. 2006.