Alternate Names: Musa, Musan, Musian, Siafli, Siwai
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 29% with Amto ,. Amto , and Siawi 3% lexical similarity with Odiai ,. Both average 7% lexical similarity with Arai (Left May) languages.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 220 (2007 NTM), increasing.
Language Use: Endangered (2000 S. Wurm). All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Amto [amt] (adult men). Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Amto [amt].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%. Literacy rate in L2: 50% in Tok pisin [tpi]. Most children literate. Bible portions: 1992–1998.
Typology: SOV; postpositions, genitives before noun heads; adjectives after noun heads; relatives without noun heads; question word final; maximum prefixes: 1, maximum suffixes: 3, causatives; comparatives; CV, CVV, CVVV, CCV, CCCV; nontonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.