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Sio (also spelled Siâ) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 3500 people on the north coast of the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province Papua New Guinea. According to Harding and Clark (1994) Sio speakers lived in a single village on a small offshore island until the Pacific War after which they established four villages on the nearby coast: Lambutina Basakalo Laelo and Balambu. Nambariwa another coastal village a few miles to the east is also Sio-speaking.Michael Stolz (d.