Sowanda language
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					Language in Indonesia
| Sowanda | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea | 
| Region | Sandaun Province; Papua province, Indonesia | 
| Native speakers | (1,500 cited 2000–2003)[1] | 
| Border
 
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| Dialects | 
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: sow– Sowandaupi– Umeda | 
| Glottolog | sowa1245Sowandaumed1238Umeda-Punda | 
| ELP | Sowanda | 
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Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.
Dialects
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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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