Ouma language
Extinct language formerly spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Ouma | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Central Province |
| Extinct | Late 1980s[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | oum |
| Glottolog | ouma1237 |
| ELP | Ouma |
Ouma is an extinct Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea. It was restructured through contact with neighboring Papuan languages, and it turn influencing them, before speakers shifted to those languages.[citation needed]
See also
- Magori language, a similar situation
References
- ^ Ouma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
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