Sengseng

SSZ

threatened

Alternate Names: Asengseng

Dialects: Senseng treated as a dialect of Kaulong , by Wurm and Hattori.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
North New Guinea
Ngero-Vitiaz
Vitiaz
Southwest New Britain
Arawe-Pasismanua
Pasismanua

Demographics: 1,750 (2003 SIL).

Language Use: Not endangered (2000 D. Tryon). Just over half the children learning the language.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Bible portions: 1992.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea