Ethnologue.com home

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
16th edition

Ethnologue: Languages of the World
US$ 100.00
Add to cart

Preview print edition


Most Recent
SIL Publications


Reduced Price SIL Publications


ABOUT SSL CERTIFICATES
Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Pacific > Papua New Guinea > Usarufa

Usarufa

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3usa

Population  1,300 (1996 SIL).
Region  Eastern Highlands Province, Okapa District.
Language map  Papua New Guinea, Map 10, reference number 462
Alternate names   Usurufa, Uturupa
Classification  Trans-New Guinea, Kainantu-Goroka, Kainantu, Gadsup-Auyana-Awa
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 25%–50%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar. NT: 1980.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Usarufa Organised Phonology Data.  Available online

BEE, Darlene, author. 1964. Usarufa distinctive features and phonemes.

BEE, Darlene, author. 1965. "Usarufa distinctive features and phonemes."

BEE, Darlene, author. 1965. Usarufa: a descriptive grammar.

BEE, Darlene, author. 1972. "Phonological interference between Usarufa and Pidgin English."  Available online

BEE, Darlene, author. 1974. "A brief note on kinship and social groupings among the Usarufa."

BEE, Darlene, compiler. 1973. "Usarufa text."

BEE, Darlene; CHENOWETH, Vida, authors. 1968. "On ethnic music."

BEE, Darlene; GLASGOW, Kathleen B., authors. 1962. "Usarufa tone and segmental phonemes."

CHENOWETH, Vida, author. 1974. The music of the Usarufas.

CHENOWETH, Vida, author. 1979. The Usarufas and their music.  Available online

CHENOWETH, Vida, author. 1996. "Cultural change and music literacy."

CHENOWETH, Vida, author. 2001. Cultural change and music literacy.

CHENOWETH, Vida, author; REIGLE, Robert, editor. 1995. "Cultural change and music literacy."  Available online

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., editor. 1973. The languages of the Eastern family of the East New Guinea Highlands stock.

SHAW, R. Daniel, editor. 1974. Kinship studies in Papua New Guinea.

Vernacular Publications

Aónani-kannaama 1, 2. 1966.

Arááti-wannaama 1-4. 1966.

Arááti-wannaama 5. 1967.

Aúbagoni áwîqa. 1967.

Itaí-wánnáámá 1-3. 1966.

Itama kágayai-kannaama. 1966.

naaópaqa wátáama. 1969.

numagóní aúbama. 1969.

Some animals of Africa. 1968.

Uturábáí-ímá. 1971.

yorautí-ááímmá 1. 1971.