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| Sawi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Papua |
| Ethnicity | Sawi |
Native speakers | (3,500 cited 1993)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | saw |
| Glottolog | sawi1257 |
Sawi or Sawuy is a language of the Sawi people of the Trans–New Guinea phylum spoken in sago swamps in the southwestern parts of the Indonesian province of Papua. Of the neighboring languages, it is most closely related to the Awyu languages to the east.[2]: 89–90
Sawi is an inflecting language and uses both inflections of the stem and suffixes to indicate person, number, and tense.
The Bible began to be translated in 1970 by Canadian missionary, Don Richardson.[3] The New Testament was completed in 1994.[3] It is available on YouVersion, and published by the Indonesian Bible Society.[4] Work is ongoing to translate the Old Testament.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Sawi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Voorhoeve, C.L. "Miscellaneous Notes on Languages in West Irian, New Guinea". In Dutton, T., Voorhoeve, C. and Wurm, S.A. editors, Papers in New Guinea Linguistics No. 14. A-28:47-114. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1971. doi:10.15144/PL-A28.47
- 1 2 "Sawi language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
- ↑ Download MYAO KODON SIN HARAE | LAISAW Bible | 100% Free.
- ↑ Koh, Lyndsey. "Fifteen churches gather for Sawi Old Testament translation project". Mission Network News. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
External links
[edit]- Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Sawi
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