Sulka language

Sulka
Native toPapua New Guinea
Regioneastern Pomio District, East New Britain Province
Native speakers
(2,500 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3sua
Glottologsulk1246
ELPSulka
Coordinates: 5°16′33″S 152°05′32″E / 5.275769°S 152.092315°E / -5.275769; 152.092315 (Guma Village)

Sulka is a language isolate of New Britain, Papua New Guinea.[2] In 1991, there were 2,500 speakers in eastern Pomio District, East New Britain Province.[3] Villages include Guma (5°16′33″S 152°05′32″E / 5.275769°S 152.092315°E / -5.275769; 152.092315 (Guma Village)) in East Pomio Rural LLG.[4] With such a low population of speakers, this language is considered to be endangered.[citation needed] Sulka speakers had originally migrated to East New Britain from New Ireland.[5]

  1. ^ Sulka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Dunn, Michael; Levinson, Stephen C.; Lindström, Eva; Reesink, Ger; Terrill, Angela (2008). "Structural Phylogeny in Historical Linguistics: Methodological Explorations Applied in Island Melanesia". Language. 84 (4): 710–759. doi:10.1353/lan.0.0069. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0013-1F55-5. ISSN 1535-0665. S2CID 6356461.
  3. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  4. ^ Reesink, Ger. 2005. Sulka of East New Britain: A Mixture of Oceanic and Papuan Traits. Oceanic Linguistics 44. 145-193.
  5. ^ Stebbins, Tonya; Evans, Bethwyn; Terrill, Angela (2018). "The Papuan languages of Island Melanesia". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 775–894. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.