Juwal language

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Juwal
Muniwara
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region East Sepik Province
Ethnicity1,400 (2000 census) [1]
Native speakers
(700 cited 2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mwb
Glottolog juwa1238
ELP Muniwara

Juwal a.k.a. Muniwara is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea. Other names are Mambe and Tumara ~ Tumaru. It is spoken in Mambe ( 3°44′32″S143°42′39″E / 3.742098°S 143.710721°E / -3.742098; 143.710721 (Mambe) ) and Tumeru ( 3°44′06″S143°42′55″E / 3.734925°S 143.715238°E / -3.734925; 143.715238 (Tumeru 1) ) villages of Turubu Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Juwal at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.