Waia language
| Waia | |
|---|---|
| Tabo | |
| Region | New Guinea |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2002)[1] |
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Trans-Fly – Bulaka River?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
knv |
| Glottolog |
tabo1241 |
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Map: The Waia language of New Guinea
The Waia language (south center)
Trans–New Guinea languages
Other Papuan languages
Austronesian languages
Uninhabited | |
Waia (Waya) or Tabo is a language of the proposed Trans-Fly – Bulaka River family in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, just north of the Fly River delta. The language has also been known as Hiwi or Hibaradai.[2]
References
- ↑ Waia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Waia language". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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