Sowanda language
| Sowanda | |
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| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sandaun Province; Papua province, Indonesia |
Native speakers | (1,500 cited 2000–2003)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:sow – Sowandaupi – Umeda |
| Glottolog | sowa1245 Sowandaumed1238 Umeda-Punda |
| ELP | Sowanda |
Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.
Dialects
There are three divergent varieties, Waina, Punda and Umeda, which may be distinct languages. They are each spoken in three different villages of Walsa Rural LLG in Sandaun Province:[2][3]
- Waina village (3°25′06″S 141°03′02″E / 3.418333°S 141.050496°E / -3.418333; 141.050496 (Waina)), located in Waina ward
- Punda village (3°25′38″S 141°06′37″E / 3.427183°S 141.110275°E / -3.427183; 141.110275 (Punda)), located in Punda ward
- Umeda village (3°24′49″S 141°05′42″E / 3.413694°S 141.094886°E / -3.413694; 141.094886 (Umeda)), located in Punda ward
References
- ↑ Sowanda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Umeda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ↑ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- ↑ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
Wiktionary has word lists at Appendix:Pauwasi word lists
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