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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