Waruna language
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| Waruna | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | north bank, Fly River |
Native speakers | (600 cited 1991)[1] |
Papuan Gulf ?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wrv |
| Glottolog | waru1267 |
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The Waruna language is a Papuan language of the New Guinea, spoken in a bend of the Fly River. It has 50% lexical similarity with Ari, its closest relative. It is spoken in the single village of Waruna in Gogodala Rural LLG.[1][2][3]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Word lists
- Ray, Sidney H. 1923. The languages of the Western Division of Papua. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 53: 332–360.
- Riley, E. Baxter and Sidney H. Ray. 1930–1931. Sixteen vocabularies from the Fly River, Papua. Anthropos 25: 173–193, 831–850, 26: 171–192.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Waruna at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
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