Suena is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea. It is part of the Binanderean family of the Trans–New Guinea phylum of languages.
Suena | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | 3,600 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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ISO 639-3 | sue |
Glottolog | suen1241 |
ELP | Suena |
![]() Suena is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
The Yarawi people spoke Suena during most of the 20th century, but may have switched to Binandere.
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