Naasioi
| Naasioi | ||
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Spoken in |
Papua New Guinea ( Bougainville Province ) | |
| speaker | > 20,000 native speakers | |
| Linguistic classification |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in | - | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
paa |
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| ISO 639-3 |
nas |
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Naasioi (also Nasioi, Kieta, Kieta Talk, Aunge ) is a group of East Papuan languages spoken in the Kieta and Buin districts of the Bougainville autonomous region of Papua New Guinea .
Individual languages
- Koromira (1,562 1990 SIL)
- Lantanai (300 1990 SIL)
- Naasioi (10,000 1990 SIL)
- Oune (1,900 1990 SIL)
- Sibe (5,000 1975 SIL - this language is the only one of those listed here that is not spoken in the Kieta, but in the Buin district)
- Simeku (1,898 1980 SIL)
Naasioi single language
One of the languages in the group is also called Naasioi. Their distribution area extends from the southeast coast to the mountainous inland. The language is spoken by around 10,000 people as their mother tongue .
Grammar and writing
SO V.
Portions of the Bible are translated into Naasioi and over fifty percent of native speakers can read and write in their native language.