Kwanga language
Sepik language of Papua New Guinea
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Kwanga (Gawanga) is a Sepik language spoken in Gawanga Rural LLG of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.[2][3]
NativetoPapua New Guinea
RegionEast Sepik Province and Sandaun Province
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 2001)[1]| Kwanga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province and Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 2001)[1] |
Sepik
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kwj |
| Glottolog | kwan1278 |
| ELP | Kwanga |
Classification
There are two main dialects, and five subdialects. The 14th (2000) edition of Ethnologue classified Apos, Bongos, Wasambu, and Yubanakor as distinct languages, and assigned them the ISO codes apo, bxy, wsm, and yuo, respectively. They have since been subsumed under Kwanga.
Dialects are:
- Apos (3.669176°S 142.805008°E)
- Bongos (Bongomaise, Bongomamsi, Kambaminchi, Nambi) (3.736685°S 142.658084°E, 3.803884°S 142.649997°E)
- Tau (Kubiwat, Mangamba, Nambes) (3.670041°S 142.722921°E, 3.65948°S 142.678695°E)
- Wasambu (3.758898°S 142.695393°E)
- Yubanakor (Daina) (3.72789°S 142.877836°E, 3.73855°S 142.875091°E, 3.78335°S 142.765707°E)