Siwai language
Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Motuna, or Siwai, is a Papuan language of Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken primarily in Siwai Rural LLG. The current number of speakers is difficult to estimate since the latest figure (6,000 + 600) is from the 1970 census. [1]:ā115ā
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Motuna | |
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Siwai | |
Region | Bougainville |
Native speakers | (7,000 cited 1970[1])[2] |
South Bougainville
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ISO 639-3 | siw |
Glottolog | siwa1245 |
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