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

Suki

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3sui

Population  3,510 (2003 SIL).
Region  Western Province, Lake Suki.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 14, reference number 634
Alternate names   Wiram
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Gogodala-Suki, Suki
Language use  Also use Hiri Motu [hmo]. Younger also use English.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 1982.
Writing system  Latin script.