Uruava_language

Uruava language

Uruava language

Extinct Austronesian language

Uruava is an extinct Austronesian language formerly spoken in southeast Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

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The language was spoken around the Arawa. It was recorded shortly before its speakers shifted to the non-Austronesian Nasioi language.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Spriggs, Matthew (2005). "Bougainville's early history: an archaeological perspective". In Regan, Anthony; Griffin, Helga-Maria (eds.). Bougainville Before the Conflict. Stranger Journalism. p. 17. ISBN 9781740761383.
  • Rausch, J. (1912). "Die Sprache von Südost Bougainville, Deutsche Salomoninsel". Anthropos (in German). 7.


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