Kwanga (Gawanga) is a Sepik language spoken in Gawanga Rural LLG of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.[2][3]
| Kwanga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | East Sepik Province and Sandaun Province |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2001)[1] |
Sepik
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kwj |
| Glottolog | kwan1278 |
| ELP | Kwanga |
Classification edit
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°40′09″S 142°48′18″E / 3.669176°S 142.805008°E)
- Bongos (Bongomaise, Bongomamsi, Kambaminchi, Nambi) (3°44′12″S 142°39′29″E / 3.736685°S 142.658084°E, 3°48′14″S 142°39′00″E / 3.803884°S 142.649997°E)
- Tau (Kubiwat, Mangamba, Nambes) (3°40′12″S 142°43′23″E / 3.670041°S 142.722921°E, 3°39′34″S 142°40′43″E / 3.65948°S 142.678695°E)
- Wasambu (3°45′32″S 142°41′43″E / 3.758898°S 142.695393°E)
- Yubanakor (Daina) (3°43′40″S 142°52′40″E / 3.72789°S 142.877836°E, 3°44′19″S 142°52′30″E / 3.73855°S 142.875091°E, 3°47′00″S 142°45′57″E / 3.78335°S 142.765707°E)
References edit
- ^ Kwanga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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.
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.