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Where is Saliba spoken?

Saliba is an Austronesian language, spoken in Papua New Guinea. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Saliba is spoken

Saliba is spoken in one country: Papua New Guinea.

Country
Papua New Guinea

Saliba has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Saliba?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Saliba sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Saliba as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Austronesian
  2. Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  4. Oceanic
  5. Western Oceanic linkage
  6. Papuan Tip linkage
  7. Nuclear Papuan Tip linkage
  8. Suauic
  9. Suau chain
  10. Saliba

Related languages

Other languages in the Suau chain group:

More about Saliba

Codes: ISO 639-3 sbe, Glottolog sali1295. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Saliba

Where is Saliba spoken?

Saliba is spoken in Papua New Guinea. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Saliba in?

Glottolog places Saliba in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Papuan Tip linkage, Nuclear Papuan Tip linkage, Suauic and Suau chain.

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