Suau language

Suau
Iou
RegionMilne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
7,810 (2000 census)[1]
L2 speakers: 13,000 (2021)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3swp
Glottologsuau1242

Suau, also known as Iou, is an Oceanic language spoken in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken by 6,800 people and a further 14,000 as a lingua franca.

  1. ^ a b Suau at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon