Asumbuo language
{{Short description|Endangered language of Solomon Islands}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Asumboa
|altname=
|nativename=Asubuo
|states=Solomon Islands
|region=Utupua
|speakers=10
|date=1999
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Temotu
|fam5=Utupua
|iso3=aua
|glotto=asum1237
|glottorefname=Asumboa
|map = Lang Status 40-SE.svg
|mapcaption = {{center|{{small|Asumbuo is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}
}}
Asumbuo (Asubuo in local orthography; Asumboa or Asuboa in some sources) is a nearly extinct language spoken on the island of Utupua, in the easternmost province of the Solomon Islands.Tryon (1994).
Affiliation
Like the two other languages of Utupua (Tanimbili and Amba), Asumbuo belongs to the Temotu subgroup of the Oceanic family, itself part of the Austronesian phylum.
Language vitality
With only about 10 speakers, Asumbuo is a highly endangered language. Together with its neighbour Tanimbili, it is currently being replaced by Amba (or Nebao), the main language of Utupua.
References
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book
| publisher = Mouton de Gruyter
| isbn = 978-3-11-088309-1
| pages = 611–648
| editor = Tom Dutton
| editor2 = Darrell Tryon
| editor2-link = Darrell Tryon
| last = Tryon
| first = Darrell
| title = Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World
| chapter = Language contact and contact-induced language change in the Eastern Outer Islands, Solomon Islands
| location = Berlin
| date = 1994
| ref = DT1994
}}.
{{Languages of the Solomon Islands}}
{{Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
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Category:Languages of the Solomon Islands
Category:Endangered Austronesian languages
Category:Severely endangered languages
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