Uruava language

Uruava
RegionBougainville, Papua New Guinea
Extinctsince the 1950s
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3urv
Glottologurua1242
ELPUruava
Uruava is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Uruava is an extinct Austronesian language formerly spoken in southeast Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

The language was spoken around the Arawa. It was recorded shortly before its speakers shifted to the non-Austronesian Nasioi language.