Kawatsa | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Morobe Province |
Ethnicity | Ethnic population: 160 (2000 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 12 (2000)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kcb |
Glottolog | kawa1276 |
ELP | Kawacha |
Kawacha is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Coordinates: 7°02′48″S 146°09′09″E / 7.046688°S 146.152479°E |
Kawatsa is a nearly extinct Angan language of Papua New Guinea. According to one source, an estimated 12 people are believed to speak the language.[1] It is spoken in Katsiong village (7°02′48″S 146°09′09″E / 7.046688°S 146.152479°E), Tsewi ward, Kome Rural LLG.[1][2]