Rawo
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers
640 (2003)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3rwa
Glottolograwo1244
ELPRawo
Coordinates: 2°49′57″S 141°37′27″E / 2.832437°S 141.624155°E / -2.832437; 141.624155 (Laitre C/M)

Rawo is a Papuan language in the Skou family, spoken on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the vicinity of the village of Leitre (Laitre) (2°49′57″S 141°37′27″E / 2.832437°S 141.624155°E / -2.832437; 141.624155 (Laitre C/M)) in Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[2][3]

The language of Leitre itself is more closely related to Vanimo. Although Rawo and Leitre are both in the Skou family, they are in different branches of the family.

References

  1. ^ Rawo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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