Unubahe language

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Unubahe
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Milne Bay Province
Native speakers
60  (2012)[1]
Only 7 use it as their primary language
Language codes
ISO 639-3 unu

Unubahe (Unuba'e) is a nearly Oceanic language spoken at the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea. Although a few children speak it, in 2001 there was only one married couple who both spoke the language.[2]

References

  1. Unubahe reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Rueck, Michael. 2001. Unubahe: A nearly extinct language (ms)


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