Sissano is an Austronesian language spoken by at most a few hundred people around

Sissano Sissano is an Austronesian language spoken by at most a few hundred people around Sissano in West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. 4,800 speakers were reported in 1990, but the 1998 tsunami The 1998 Papua New Guinea ea ...

West Aitape Rural LLG West Aitape Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. The Piore River languages and Oceanic languages such as Sissano Sissano is an Austronesian language spoken by at most a few hundred people arou ...

Sandaun Province Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea. It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population of 248,411 (2011 census). The capita ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. 4,800 speakers were reported in 1990, but the

1998 tsunami The 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake occurred on July 17 with a moment magnitude of 7.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). The event occurred on a reverse fault near the north coast region of Papua New Guinea, from the coast ...

wiped out most of the population.

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References

* Critically endangered languages Schouten languages Languages of Sandaun Province {{NNGuinea-lang-stub