Saposa

Facts

  • Language: Saposa
  • Alternate names:
  • Language code: sps
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic linkage, Meso Melanesian linkage, New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic linkage, St George linkage, Northwest Solomonic, North Bougainville Oceanic, Nuclear North Bougainville Oceanic, Buka, Saposa-Tinputz
  • Number of speakers: 1400
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Saposa is a language of Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Bougainville Province, Buka district, island chain south of Buka Island off northwest coast of Bougainville.

    Dialects

    Saposa (Fa Saposa), Taiof.

    The Saposa Verb

    Verblist