The ASJP Database - Wordlist Usan

Wordlist Usan

Compiled by Matthew S. Dryer

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: usan1239
ISO 639-3: wnu

Coordinates WGS84

4°50'S, 145°10'E
-4.83, 145.17

number of speakers	1,400
status	alive

Classification

WALS: TNG > North Adelbert
Glottolog: Nuclear Trans New Guinea > Madang > Croisilles > Greaternorthernadelbert > Northernadelbert > Numugenan > Karian Usan Yaben
Ethnologue: Trans Newguinea > Madang > Croisilles > Pihom > Numugenan

Sources

Reesink 1987: Structures and their Functions in Usan: A Papuan Language of Papua New Guinea (Studies in Language: Companion Series 13). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.