Kwanga language

Kwanga
Kwanga
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	East Sepik Province and Sandaun Province
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 2001)
Language family	Sepik Middle Sepik Nukuma Kwanga; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kwj
Glottolog	kwan1278
ELP	Kwanga

Last updated January 02, 2026

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Kwanga (Gawanga) is a Sepik language spoken in Gawanga Rural LLG of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.^[2]^[3]

Classification

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″S142°48′18″E / 3.669176°S 142.805008°E / -3.669176; 142.805008 (Apos) )
Bongos (Bongomaise, Bongomamsi, Kambaminchi, Nambi) ( 3°44′12″S142°39′29″E / 3.736685°S 142.658084°E / -3.736685; 142.658084 (Bongos) , 3°48′14″S142°39′00″E / 3.803884°S 142.649997°E / -3.803884; 142.649997 (Bongomasi) )
Tau (Kubiwat, Mangamba, Nambes) ( 3°40′12″S142°43′23″E / 3.670041°S 142.722921°E / -3.670041; 142.722921 (Tau 1) , 3°39′34″S142°40′43″E / 3.65948°S 142.678695°E / -3.65948; 142.678695 (Kubriwat 1) )
Wasambu ( 3°45′32″S142°41′43″E / 3.758898°S 142.695393°E / -3.758898; 142.695393 (Wasambu) )
Yubanakor (Daina) ( 3°43′40″S142°52′40″E / 3.72789°S 142.877836°E / -3.72789; 142.877836 (Yumbanakor 1) , 3°44′19″S142°52′30″E / 3.73855°S 142.875091°E / -3.73855; 142.875091 (Yumbanakor 2) , 3°47′00″S142°45′57″E / 3.78335°S 142.765707°E / -3.78335; 142.765707 (Daina) )

References

↑ 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.

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[e18-1] Kwanga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Ethnologue22-PNG-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.

[UN-PNG-3] United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.

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