Ouma is an extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. It was restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, and it turn influencing them, before speakers shifted to those languages.
| Ouma | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Central Province |
| Extinct | by 1996[1] 4 speakers cited 1981[2] |
Language family | Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | oum |
| Glottolog | ouma1237 |
| ELP | Ouma |
Ouma is an extinct language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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| Nuclear Papuan Tip |
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| Central Papuan Tip |
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| Other Papuan Tip |
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