Sio

XSI

developing

Alternate Names: Sigawa

Genealogy:

Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic

Western Oceanic

North New Guinea

Ngero-Vitiaz

Vitiaz

Sio

Demographics: 3,500 (1987 SIL).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 50%–75%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Poetry. Dictionary. NT: 1995.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea