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Sudest

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: tgo

Population	2,000 (1987 SIL). About 20% monolingual.
Region	Milne Bay Province, Yama-Yele District, Tagula Island, west of Rossel Island, end of Calvados chain.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 17, reference number 820
Alternate names	Sud-Est, Tagula, Vanatina, Vanga
Dialects	Rambuso (Rewa), Eastern Point, Eastern (Rehuwo, Rambuso), Central (Pamela, Araetha), Western (Jelewaga, Griffin Point). Lexical similarity: 44% with Nimoa [nmw] (most similar).
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Peripheral, Kilivila-Louisiades, Nimoa-Sudest
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. Some use Misima-Paneati [mpx] or Nimowa. Few use English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%–70%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%–90% (Misima [mpx], Nimoa [nmw] or English). When possible, used by community schools. Primary schools becoming bilingual. Dictionary.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Most of the children are in school. Swidden agriculturalists; fishermen; some hunting.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANDERSON, Michael, author. 1992. "Object classifying morphemes in Sudest."

ANDERSON, Michael, author. Available: 2007; Created: 1990?. Sudest-English dictionary.  

ANDERSON, Michael; ROSS, Malcolm, authors. 2002. "Sudest."

Anonymous. 2011. Sudest Organised Phonology Data.  

HEALEY, Alan, editor. 1974. Three studies in languages of eastern Papua.

Vernacular Publications

Vanatɨna ghabuku. 1987.