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Sio

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639-3: xsi

Population	3,500 (1987 SIL).
Region	Morobe Province, Wasu District, mainland near Sio Island.
Language map	Papua New Guinea, Map 11, reference number 519
Alternate names	Sigawa
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Ngero-Vitiaz, Vitiaz, Sio
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. NT: 1995.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BUGENHAGEN, Robert D., author. 1993. "The semantics of irrealis in Austronesian languages of Papua New Guinea. A cross-linguistic study."

CLARK, Dawn S., author. 1991. "The Sunday School as a vehicle for literacy."

CLARK, Dawn S., author. 1993. "The phonology of the Sio language."  

CLARK, Dawn S.; CLARK, Stephen, authors. 1993. "Where should the literacy programme begin? A self-assessment survey of literacy in [the] Sio language, PNG."

CLARK, Dawn S.; CLARK, Stephen, authors. Available: 2008; Created: 1987. Sio grammar essentials.  

CLARK, Dawn, compiler. 1993. Sio Organised Phonology Data.  

CLARK, Stephen A., author. 2012. Participant Reference in Narrative Discourse: A Comparison of Three Methodologies.