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Language in Indonesia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sowanda is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, with a couple hundred speakers in Indonesian Papua.
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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 |
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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