Sissano language

Sissano
Sissano
Region	West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	300 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Schouten Siau Sissano; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sso
Glottolog	siss1243
ELP	Sissano
	Sissano is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Sissano is an Austronesian language spoken by at most a few hundred people around Sissano in West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. 4,800 speakers were reported in 1990, but the 1998 tsunami wiped out most of the population.

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