Sissano is an

Austronesian language The Austronesian languages ( ) are a language family widely spoken throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and Taiwan (by Taiwanese indigenous peoples). They are spoken b ...

spoken by at most a few hundred people around Sissano in

West Aitape Rural LLG Aitape West Rural LLG is a local-level government (LLG) of Aitape in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Sissano Lagoon is located in the LLG. This region made international news on July 17, 1998 when an earthquake with magnitude 7.0 triggered ...

Sandaun Province Sandaun Province (formerly West Sepik Province) is the northwesternmost mainland Provinces of Papua New Guinea, province of Papua New Guinea (also known as home of the sunset). It covers an area of 35,920 km2 (13868 m2) and has a population ...

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. 4,800 speakers were reported in 1990, but the 1998 tsunami wiped out most of the population.

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* Critically endangered languages Schouten languages Languages of Sandaun Province {{NNGuinea-lang-stub