Sewa Bay language

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Sewa Bay
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Milne Bay Province
Native speakers
(1,520 cited 1972 census) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sew
Glottolog sewa1251

Sewa Bay, or Duau Pwata, is a dialectically diverse Austronesian language spoken in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands of Papua New Guinea. Its dialects are Miadeba, Bwakera, Maiabare, Darubia, Sewataitai, Sibonai and Central Sewa Bay. [2] It is spoken in Milne Bay province: center of Normanby island, Sewa Bay area.

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References

  1. Sewa Bay at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Sewa Bay at Ethnologue .