Sowanda language
| Sowanda | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Sandaun Province; Papua province, Indonesia |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2000–2002)[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
sow |
| Glottolog |
sowa1245[2] |
Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.
There are two divergent varieties, Waina and Punda-Umeda, which may be distinct languages.
References
- ↑ Sowanda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sowanda". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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