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Torau language information


Torau
Rorovana
RegionBougainville, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
(600 cited 1963)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Western
        • Meso-Melanesian
          • Northwest Solomonic
            • Mono–Uruavan
              • Torau
Language codes
ISO 639-3ttu
Glottologtora1259

Torau is an Austronesian language spoken on the east coast of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

  1. ^ Torau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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