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Usarufa is a Kainantu language spoken by the people of the same name in Papua New Guinea. It belongs to the Gauwa branch of the Kainantu family of the Kainantu–Goroka languages. The language area consists of six villages: Moife Imikori Irafo Kagu Agura 1 and Agura 2. Its ISO 639 code is usa.As of 2009 the language was reported to have had about 1200 speakers and no fluent speakers below the age of 25 which makes it an endangered language.

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ISO 639-3 code
usa
family
Trans–New Guinea languages, Kainantu–Goroka languages
spoken in
Papua New Guinea, Eastern Highlands Province, Okapa District

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