Nawaru language
Papuan language of Papua New Guinea
Nawaru | |
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Sirio | |
Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Oro Province |
Native speakers | (190 cited 1990)[1] |
Language family | Trans–New Guinea
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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″S 148°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]
References
- ^ a b c Nawaru at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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Southeast Papuan languages
- Doromu
- Maria
- Moikodi
- Aneme Wake
- Bariji
- Nawaru
- Yareba
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