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Oweina language

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Kainantu language spoken in Papua New Guinea ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Oweina
Waisara
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionEastern Highlands Province
Native speakers(640 cited 2000)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea
Language codes
ISO 639-3wsr
Glottologowen1244

Oweina (Owena, often misspelled "Owenia"), or Waisara, after the two villages in which it is spoken, is a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Oweina at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Tryon & Hackman (1983) Solomon Islands Languages: An Internal Classification
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