Nawaru language

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Nawaru
Sirio
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Oro Province
Native speakers
(190 cited 1990) [1]
Trans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nwr
Glottolog nawa1258
ELP Nawaru

Nawaru, or Sirio, is a Papuan language. It is spoken in the village of Sibia ( 9°26′14″S148°18′03″E / 9.437132°S 148.30083°E / -9.437132; 148.30083 (Sibia) ) in Namudi ward, Safia Rural LLG, Ijivitari District, Oro Province, in the "tail" of Papua New Guinea. [1] [2]

Nawaru is described by Ethnologue as "very similar" to Yareba. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Nawaru 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.