Waima language
| Waima | |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern New Guinea |
Native speakers | (15,000 cited 2000 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rro |
| Glottolog | waim1251 |
The Waima language (sometimes known as Roro, though this is strictly the name of one dialect of Waima) is a Nuclear West Central Papuan Tip language of the Oceanic group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken in Papua New Guinea by 15,000 people. The three dialects, Waima, Roro, and Paitana, are very close.[2]
References
- ^ Waima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ http://www.ethnologue.com/language/rro
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