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(Redirected from Wanuma language) Madang language spoken in Papua New Guinea ‹ The template Infobox language is being considered for merging. ›
Usan
Wanuma
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers(1,400 cited 1991)
Language familyTrans–New Guinea?
Language codes
ISO 639-3wnu
Glottologusan1239

Usan, or Wanuma, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Usan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Pick, Andrew (2020). A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon (PDF) (PhD dissertation). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Madang languages
Northern Adelbert
(Croisilles)
Manep–Barem
Kumil–Tibor
Numugen
Kaukombar
other
Southern Adelbert
Tomul (Josephstaal)
Sogeram (Wanang)
Kalam
Mabuso
Kokan
Gum
Hanseman
other
Mindjim
Rai Coast
(South Madang)
Awung
Brahman
Evapia
Peka
Nuru
Kabenau
other
Yaganon
(unclear)


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