Ethnologue

Suki

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Wiram

Population

3,510 (2003 SIL).

Location

Western province: Lake Suki.

Language Maps

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification

Language Use

Also use Hiri Motu [hmo]. Also use English [eng], especially youth. Used as L2 by Neme [nex].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%–15%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 1982.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].