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Usan

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: wnu

Population	1,400 (1991 SIL).
Region	Madang Province, Madang District.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 7, reference number 313
Alternate names	Wanuma
Dialects	Related to Yarawata [yrw], Bilakura [bql], Ukuriguma [ukg].
Classification	Trans-New Guinea, Madang, Croisilles, Pihom, Numugenan
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. NT: 2001.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Usan Organised Phonology Data.  

PAYNE, Doris L., author. 1990. Review of: Pragmatics in non-Western perspective, George L. Huttar and Kenneth J. Gregerson, editors.

REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1981. "Grammatical features of cohesion in Usan: Towards a text differential."

REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1983. "On subordination in Usan and other Papuan languages."

REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1987. Structures and their functions in Usan, a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.

REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1990. "Mother tongue and Tok Pisin."

REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1993. "‘Inner speech’ in Papuan languages."

REESINK, Gerard P., author. 1994. "Domain-creating constructions in Papuan languages."