Sursurunga

SGZ

developing

Dialects: Surkutus.

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Western Oceanic

Meso Melanesian

New Ireland

South New Ireland-Northwest Solomonic

Patpatar-Tolai

Demographics: 3,000 (1991 SIL).

Language Use: All ages.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 75%–100%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Schools are still teaching in vernacular for the first three years. NT: 2009.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea