ELP ID
31659
ELP Language
Uruava
Speaker Number
None
Public Comment
"Before World War II, Douglas Oliver (then at Harvard) collected a word list of several hundred words in Arawa village. He told me that men, women, & children spoke the language then (1938-9). In 1973, I went to Arawa and located a speaker who knew the language partially. In 1975, I got a letter from that village asking me to send the language back. The writer said his uncle had died before the writer of the letter could learn the language."
Source
Personal Communication on Uruava
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Range
None