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Sowanda language

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Sowanda
RegionSandaun Province, Papua New Guinea; Papua province, Indonesia
Native speakers
1,180 (2000–2002)
Border
Dialects
  • Waina
  • Punda-Umeda
Language codes
ISO 639-3sow
ELPSowanda

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.