Nawaru language
Nawaru, or Sirio, is a Papuan language. It is spoken in the village of Sibia (9.437132°S 148.30083°E) in Namudi ward, Safia Rural LLG, Ijivitari District, Oro Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea.[3][4]
| Nawaru | |
|---|---|
| Sirio | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Oro Province |
Native speakers | (190 cited 1990)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nwr |
| Glottolog | nawa1258 |
| ELP | Nawaru[2] |
Nawaru is described by Ethnologue as "very similar" to Yareba.[1]
References
- Nawaru at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Nawaru.
- 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.
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