Unubahe language explained

Unubahe
Region:Milne Bay Province
State:Papua New Guinea
Speakers:7 fluent
Date:2001 survey
Speakers2:59 total with any ability (2001)
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Oceanic
Fam4:Western
Fam5:Papuan Tip
Fam6:Nuclear
Fam7:Suauic
Iso3:unu
Glotto:unub1234
Glottorefname:Unubahe

Unubahe (Unuba'e) is a nearly extinct 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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=928474549168 Rueck, Michael. 2001. Unubahe: A nearly extinct language (ms)