Sissano language

Sissano
RegionWest Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
(300 cited 2000)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3sso
Glottologsiss1243
ELPSissano
Sissano is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Sissano is an Austronesian language spoken by at most a few hundred people around Sissano in West Aitape Rural LLG, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. 4,800 speakers were reported in 1990, but the 1998 tsunami wiped out most of the population.