Owiniga language

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Owiniga
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Tunap-Hunstein Rural LLG, East Sepik Province
Native speakers
(330 cited 1998) [1]
Arai–Samaia
Language codes
ISO 639-3 owi
Glottolog owin1240
ELP Owiniga
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Owiniga (a.k.a. Bero, Samo, Taina) is a Left May language of Tunap/Hunstein Rural LLG, East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in Amu, Inagri ( 4°28′45″S141°42′34″E / 4.479158°S 141.709444°E / -4.479158; 141.709444 (Inagri) ), Samo ( 4°25′32″S141°42′57″E / 4.425648°S 141.715772°E / -4.425648; 141.715772 (Samo) ), and Yei ( 4°25′30″S141°49′57″E / 4.425035°S 141.832443°E / -4.425035; 141.832443 (Iyie) ) villages. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Owiniga 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.