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

Sengseng

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3ssz

Population  1,750 (2003 SIL).
Region  West New Britain Province, southwest interior.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 12, reference number 596
Alternate names   Asengseng
Dialects  Wurm and Hattori (1981) treat it as a dialect of Kaulong [pss].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Southwest New Britain, Arawe-Pasismanua, Pasismanua
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Bible portions: 1992.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

THROOP, Craig; THROOP, Linda, authors. 1980. "The languages and communities of the Kandrian inland region."