Uruava language

Uruava is an extinct Austronesian language formerly spoken in southeast Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

RegionBougainville, Papua New Guinea

Extinctsince the 1950s^[1]

Language family

Austronesian

• Malayo-Polynesian
  • Oceanic
    • Western
      • Meso-Melanesian
        • Northwest Solomonic
          • Mono–Uruavan
            • Uruava

Writing system

Latin

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Uruava
Region	Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Extinct	since the 1950s[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian Northwest Solomonic Mono–Uruavan Uruava
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	urv
Glottolog	urua1242
ELP	Uruava
Uruava is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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The language was spoken around Arawa. It was recorded shortly before its speakers shifted to the non-Austronesian Nasioi language.^[2]