Sowanda | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Sandaun Province; Papua province, Indonesia |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2000–2003) [1] |
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:
sow – Sowanda
upi – Umeda |
Glottolog |
sowa1245 Sowanda
umed1238 Umeda-Punda |
ELP | Sowanda |
Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.
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]
Sowanda | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Sandaun Province; Papua province, Indonesia |
Native speakers | 1,500 (2000–2003) [1] |
Border
| |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:
sow – Sowanda
upi – Umeda |
Glottolog |
sowa1245 Sowanda
umed1238 Umeda-Punda |
ELP | Sowanda |
Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.
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]