Unubahe language

Unubahe
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Milne Bay Province
Native speakers	7 fluent (2001 survey)[1]; 59 total with any ability (2001)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Papuan Tip Nuclear Suauic Unubahe; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	unu
Glottolog	unub1234[2]

Unubahe (Unuba'e) is a nearly extinct Oceanic language spoken at the southeastern tip of Papua New Guinea. Although a few children speak it, in 2001 there was only one married couple who both spoke the language.[1]

References

Rueck, Michael. 2001. Unubahe: A nearly extinct language (ms)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Unubahe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[Rueck-1] Rueck, Michael. 2001. Unubahe: A nearly extinct language (ms)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Unubahe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.