These languages are spoken on the island of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n
Roughly 40 000 according to Foley (2006)<\/p>\n
The Bougainville group includes 13 languages<\/p>\n
South Bougainville<\/p>\n
Buin<\/p>\n
Siwai<\/strong><\/p>\n Terei<\/strong><\/p>\n Uisai<\/strong><\/p>\n Nasioi<\/p>\n Daantanai\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Koromira<\/strong><\/p>\n Naasioi<\/strong><\/p>\n Ounge<\/strong><\/p>\n Sibe<\/strong><\/p>\n Simeku<\/strong><\/p>\n North Bougainville<\/p>\n Ramopa<\/strong><\/p>\n Rapoisi<\/strong><\/p>\n Askopan<\/strong><\/p>\n Rotokas<\/strong><\/p>\n These two branches have sometimes been classified separately, their grouping together is perhaps more geographic than linguistic. We have based our classification on those of Foley (2006) and ethnologue.com.<\/p>\n Foley, William A. The languages of New Guinea, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Information concerning the Bougainville languages These languages are spoken on the island of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea. Total number of speakers (estimates): Roughly 40 000 according to Foley (2006) Classification The Bougainville group includes 13 languages South Bougainville Buin Siwai Terei Uisai Nasioi Daantanai\u2019 Koromira Naasioi Ounge Sibe Simeku North Bougainville Ramopa Rapoisi Askopan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5334","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nComments on the classification of Bougainville languages:<\/h5>\n
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