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Suena

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: sue

Population	3,000 (2000 SIL). Ethnic population: 3,000 (2000 SIL).
Region	Morobe Province, Lae District, north of Yekora.
Language maps	Papua New Guinea, Map 15, reference number 713 Papua New Guinea, Map 16, reference number 713
Alternate names	Yarawe, Yarawi, Yema
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Binanderean, Binandere
Language use	Yarawi reportedly spoke Suena from 1910 to 1978, but today may speak a dialect of Binandere [bhg] as L1 (2000). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Grammar. NT: 1978.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. n.d.. Suena Organised Phonology Data.  

WILSON, Darryl, author. 1969. "Suena grammar highlights."

WILSON, Darryl, author. 1969. "Suena phonology."

WILSON, Darryl, author. 1969. "The Binandere language family."

WILSON, Darryl, author. 1974. Suena grammar.  

WILSON, Darryl, author. 1976. Paragraph and discourse structure in Suena.  

WILSON, Darryl, author. Available: 2008; Created: 1980-06. A brief comparative grammar of Zia and Suena.  

WILSON, Darryl; WILSON, Lael, compilers. Available: 2008-; Created: 1973. Suena - English dictionary and English - Suena dictionary.  

Vernacular Publications

Suena ge azimanekai. 1975.

Suena uge. 1971.