title: Susuami language
text: # Susuami language
  
  The Susuami language is a heavily endangered Papuan language, spoken in the resettlement village of Manki (7°12′13″S 146°32′25″E﻿ / ﻿7.203594°S 146.540389°E﻿ / -7.203594; 146.540389﻿ (Manki)) along the upper Watut River, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In 1980, it was estimated at 50 speakers, and faced competition from the several other languages spoken in the village, including distantly-related Hamtai and Angaataha, as well as the usual use of Tok Pisin with outsiders.
  
  In 1990, there are about a dozen speakers, and children were not learning the language, including the child of the only couple in the village who were both native speakers. Its continued survival is unlikely.
  
  