Naasioi language

Spoken in

  • East Papuan Bougainville east Naasioi

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Naasioi (also Nasioi, Kieta, Kieta Talk, Aunge ) is a group of East Papuan languages ​​are spoken in the districts of Kieta and Buin in the province of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea.

Individual languages

  • Koromira ( 1,562 in 1990 SIL)
  • Lantanai (300 1990 SIL)
  • Naasioi ( 10,000 in 1990 SIL)
  • Oune ( 1,900 in 1990 SIL)
  • Sibe ( 5,000 in 1975 SIL - this language is only one of the listed here are not in Kieta, but in the Buin district )
  • Simeku ( 1,898 in 1980 SIL)

Naasioi single language

One of the languages ​​of the group also named Naasioi. Its distribution area goes in from the southeast coast to the mountainous inland. The language is dominated by approximately 10,000 people as a native language.

Grammar and textualisation

SOV. Parts of the Bible have been translated into Naasioi and over fifty percent of the native speaker can read and write in their native language.

Bougainville Island Language family
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