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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ISO 639-3 | Either:sow – Sowandaupi – Umeda |
Glottolog | sowa1245 Sowandaumed1238 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]
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