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| Nawaru | |
|---|---|
| Sirio | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Oro Province |
Native speakers | (190 cited 1990)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| 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) 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
[edit]- 1 2 3 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.